{"id":3629,"date":"2023-05-11T14:55:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T04:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/false-claims-for-portugal-and-decriminalisation\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T14:55:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T04:55:42","slug":"false-claims-for-portugal-and-decriminalisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/false-claims-for-portugal-and-decriminalisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenging the Faux Claims for Portugal and Decriminalisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe mantra repeated by worldwide media, which has demonstrated that truth is no longer their interest, is that Portugal\u2019s drug decriminalisation has been an unmitigated success. But their policies of \u2018dissuasion\u2019 have clearly not reduced drug use as they wanted. Rather drug use has increased 59% since 2001 when they first decriminalised. On their own terms, this is failure.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Refuting_False_Claims_for_Portugal_and_Decriminalisation_-_the_Evidence.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button\">View PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also see&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Portuguese_20_years_of_drug_policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>20 years of Portuguese Drug Policy \u2013 Development &amp; Challenges<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(PDF attached)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/index.php\/advocacy\/dalgarno-aod-policy\/2042-how-the-former-heroin-capital-of-europe-decriminalised-drugs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How the former &#8216;heroin capital of Europe&#8217; decriminalised drugs<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/images\/resources\/pdf\/researchreports\/2018\/Portugal_Policy_DRR_08-09-20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portugal Drug Policy \u2013 A Review Of The Evidence: Highlights Many Problems that Make it Unsuitable for Australia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe mantra repeated by worldwide media, which has demonstrated that truth is no longer their interest, is that Portugal\u2019s drug decriminalisation has been an unmitigated success. But their policies of \u2018dissuasion\u2019 have clearly not reduced drug use as they wanted. Rather drug use has increased 59% since 2001 when they first decriminalised. 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