Copy the success of Portugal: Decriminalise the possession of drugs by 2022.

Decriminalise drug possession by 2022. Copy Portugal's success: less drug use, fewer children using drugs, less addiction, less intravenous drug use means less HIV, fewer deaths, fewer hospital admissions, fewer prisoners, less police time, less drug crime, fewer overdoses, less money spent.

This petition closed on 6 Nov 2019 with 19 signatures


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Download report:
Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: A Health-Centered Approach
February 2015 https://www.drugpolicy.org/sites/default/files/DPA_Fact_Sheet_Portugal_Decriminalization_Feb2015.pdf
Download report:
The Effects of Decriminalisation of Drug Use in Portugal:
2009
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/91904.pdf

Article:
Drug Policy Org online report on Portugal's decriminalisation of drugs in 2001:
http://drugpolicy.org/resource/drug-decriminalization-portugal-learning-health-and-human-centered-approach

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKe9R_eiIYA


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