{"id":1921,"date":"2018-12-11T09:46:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T22:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/the-truth-on-portugal\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:56:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T08:56:44","slug":"the-truth-on-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/the-truth-on-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth on Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1921\" class=\"elementor elementor-1921\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f7266d2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1f7266d2\" 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-27f2d774 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27f2d774\" 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;Portugal\u2019s drug policy needs to be compared to what has successfully worked in Australia &#8211; our Tough on Drugs policy from 1998 to 2007. 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