{"id":1406,"date":"2016-10-27T13:39:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T02:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/successful-portuguese-drug-policy-experiment\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:51:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T08:51:47","slug":"successful-portuguese-drug-policy-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/successful-portuguese-drug-policy-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful Portuguese Drug Policy Experiment??"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1406\" class=\"elementor elementor-1406\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-578e89fe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"578e89fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e0e1b40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e0e1b40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8220;Drug decriminalization in Portugal is a failure despite of various reports published all over the world pretending the opposite. There is a complete and absurd campaign of an unacceptable manipulation of Portuguese drug policy. Underestimating the readers understanding and suggesting the contrary to what facts and numbers show unequivocally, a book written by a writer\/lawyer fluent in Portuguese for an American \u201clibertarian\u201d think-tank a long time advocating drug legalization \u2013 Cato Institute &#8211; has been carried out naively by some usually responsible national and international press all over the world, that boosting the proliferation of the Portug&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15dcee2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ucaddon_icon_pointer_button\" data-id=\"15dcee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ucaddon_icon_pointer_button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- start Icon Pointer Button -->\n\t\t<link id='font-awesome-css' href='https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/plugins\/unlimited-elements-for-elementor-premium\/assets_libraries\/font-awesome6\/fontawesome-all.min.css' type='text\/css' rel='stylesheet' >\n\t\t<link id='font-awesome-4-shim-css' href='https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/plugins\/unlimited-elements-for-elementor-premium\/assets_libraries\/font-awesome6\/fontawesome-v4-shims.min.css' type='text\/css' rel='stylesheet' >\n\n<style>\/* widget: Icon Pointer Button *\/\n\n#uc_icon_pointer_button_elementor_15dcee2 *{\n\tmargin:0;\n\tbox-sizing: border-box;\n}\n\n#uc_icon_pointer_button_elementor_15dcee2 {\n  text-align:center;\n  direction: ltr;\n}\n\n#uc_icon_pointer_button_elementor_15dcee2 .icon_pointer_button_holder\n{\n  display:inline-block;\n}\n\n#uc_icon_pointer_button_elementor_15dcee2 a {\n\tdisplay: flex;\n\tposition: relative;\n\ttransition: all 0.3s;\n    text-decoration:none;\n    overflow:hidden;\n}\n\n#uc_icon_pointer_button_elementor_15dcee2 .icon_pointer_button_icon\n{\n  display:flex;\n  align-items:center;\n  justify-content:center;\n  position:relative;\n  transition: all 0.3s;\n}\n\n#uc_icon_pointer_button_elementor_15dcee2 .icon_pointer_button_text\n{\n  flex-grow: 1;\n  text-align:center;\n}\n\n\n\t\n#uc_icon_pointer_button_elementor_15dcee2 .icon_pointer_button_icon::after {\n\tcontent: \"\";\n    top: 50%;\n    clip-path: polygon(100% 50%, 0 0, 0 100%);\n  \ttransition: all 0.3s;\n  \tposition:absolute;\t\n      \tright: 0px;\t\n    transform: translateX(98%) translateY(-50%);\n  \t\t\n}  \n\n#uc_icon_pointer_button_elementor_15dcee2 .icon_pointer_button_icon_holder\n{\n  transition: all 0.3s;\n  display:block;\n  line-height:1em;\n  background-color:transparent;\n\n}\n\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"icon_pointer_button\" id=\"uc_icon_pointer_button_elementor_15dcee2\">\n  \t<div class=\"icon_pointer_button_holder\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ThePortugueseDrugFallacyReport.pdf\" class=\"ue-icon-btn\"  target='_blank'>\n       <span class=\"icon_pointer_button_icon\">\n         <span class=\"icon_pointer_button_icon_holder\"><i class=\"far fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span>\n       <\/span>\n       <span class=\"icon_pointer_button_space\"><\/span>\n       <span class=\"icon_pointer_button_text\">The Portuguese Drug Fallacy Report<\/span>          \n    <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Icon Pointer Button -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Drug decriminalization in Portugal is a failure despite of various reports published all over the world pretending the opposite. 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