Items tagged with portugal and decriminalization
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| Drug Decriminalisation Across the World [31.12.2030] | The criminalisation of people who use drugs compounds drug-related challenges and worsens health and welfare outcomes. Across the world, there is a g ... |
| A roundup of countries that permit recreational cannabis [15.10.2021] | Marijuana may be an issue of easy agreement in the ongoing coalition talks between Germany's leading parties. Despite numerous points of contention, ... |
| How a Canadian decriminalization model can improve on Portugal [06.10.2020] | On August 17, 2020, the director of public prosecutions in Canada issued new guidelines under which federal prosecutors are to resort to criminal pro ... |
| Portugal’s answer to the heroin crisis [22.04.2020] | After years of mounting overdoses, HIV infections and rampant heroin addiction, Portugal opted in 2001 for a daring experiment: The country decrimina ... |
| Danish parties want to decriminalise hard drugs [14.01.2020] | A new report in Denmark revealed that more young Danes are consuming cocaine. Now several Danish parties want to change the law on the drugs to allow ... |
| Drug laws on possession: several countries are revisiting them and these are their options [02.08.2019] | Many countries are changing the way they approach people who use drugs. The Irish government has just announced possible alternatives to criminalisat ... |
| Portugal rejects recreational cannabis, as medical becomes legal [26.02.2019] | The Portuguese parliament has rejected two proposals to legalise the cultivation and sale of cannabis for recreational purposes. The first proposal, ... |
| Harm reduction is the right way to treat drug abuse [24.11.2018] | Portugal’s policies are based on “harm reduction” approaches pioneered in countries such as Switzerland in the 1980s. The idea is to emphasise treatm ... |
| Is Sweden's zero-tolerance approach to drugs a failing model? [17.05.2018] | Sweden is accustomed to being praised for its forward-thinking approach, but there's one area where many feel it lies behind the curve. The country's ... |
| Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it? [05.12.2017] | In 2001, Portugal became the first country to decriminalise the possession and consumption of all illicit substances. Rather than being arrested, tho ... |
| How to win a war on drugs [22.09.2017] | Decades ago, the United States and Portugal both struggled with illicit drugs and took decisive action — in diametrically opposite directions. The U. ... |
| Drugs in Europe: Not mind-stretching enough [17.06.2016] | European countries’ reforms have lost momentum, or even slipped backwards. Most drug-policy experts consider this a shame. The reformist countries’ e ... |
| Rethinking drug prohibition on a global scale [01.05.2016] | Last month, the United Nations General Assembly met for the first time in history to reconsider international drug prohibition with an eye toward pol ... |
| The old global consensus on the war on drugs is crumbling [09.04.2016] | Once a decade, the United Nations organizes a meeting where every country in the world comes together to figure out what to do about drugs — and up t ... |
| A Quiet Revolution [14.03.2016] | This is the second edition of ‘A Quiet Revolution: Drug Decriminalisation Across the Globe’. The first edition was released in July 2012 and has sinc ... |
| Decriminalizing drugs: When treatment replaces prison [07.12.2015] | Cities all over the US are copying Seattle’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program, in which police officers put low-level drug offenders into t ... |
| Public to have say on legality of drugs [03.07.2015] | The Irish public is being invited to have a say in what is thought to be the country’s first official examination of the decriminalisation of drugs f ... |
| Why hardly anyone dies from a drug overdose in Portugal [04.06.2015] | Portugal decriminalized the use of all drugs in 2001. Weed, cocaine, heroin, you name it -- Portugal decided to treat possession and use of small qua ... |
| Justice minister calls for light drug legalisation, PM pulls rug [08.02.2015] | The Portuguese justice minister, Paula Teixeira da Cruz, said she agreed with decriminalizing the use of soft drugs, in an interview to TSF radio, so ... |
| Reform der Cannabispolitik in Europa [27.12.2014] | Während die Reform der Cannabispolitik in Amerika Fahrt aufnimmt, scheint Europa hinterherzuhinken. Genauer gesagt, die europäischen Staaten auf nati ... |
| The difference between legalisation and decriminalisation [17.06.2014] | The war on cannabis seems to be slowly burning out. On June 12th Jamaica announced that it plans to decriminalise possession of small amounts of the ... |
| "Just say no" is not an "alternative approach" to the drug problem [30.05.2014] | Dr Hans-Christian Raabe, who was removed from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs after one month, this week wrote two rather provocative art ... |
| 'This is working' [26.03.2013] | Twelve years ago, Portugal eliminated criminal penalties for drug users. Since then, those caught with small amounts of marijuana, cocaine or heroin ... |
| Towards a ceasefire [22.02.2013] | Partial reforms have their limits. Most drug crime is not cannabis-related. Moving from punishment to harm reduction may help drug users, but it leav ... |
| Towards a Safer Drug Policy [14.01.2013] | For forty years the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 has formed the corner stone of drug policy in Britain. The emergence of new psychoactive substances (‘le ... |
| David Cameron urged to take 'now or never' step on drugs reform [09.12.2012] | David Cameron should urgently set up a royal commission to consider all the alternatives to Britain's failing drug laws, including decriminalisation ... |
| Portuguese drug policy shows that decriminalisation can work [09.12.2012] | The Home Affairs Select Committee in the United Kingdom report on drug policy draws on lessons from Portugal’s decriminalisation of drug possession a ... |
| Portugal: Ten years after decriminalization [26.11.2012] | In 2001, a small European country, Portugal, took a brave step, changing its drug policies and refocussing its efforts away from arresting and crimin ... |
| Portugal progresses toward integrated cannabis regulation [25.10.2012] | In recent years there has been much talk of the so-called “Portuguese model,” based on an initiative that led to the use of illicit drugs being decri ... |
| Drug use is an issue for society, not the criminal justice system [10.09.2012] | There is no reliable evidence that tougher criminal sanctions deter drug use or offending. On the contrary, criminalisation worsens the health and we ... |
| Once a model, crisis imperils Portugal's drug programme [13.08.2012] | Portugal's famously liberal drug policy has been held up as a model for other countries - Norway is considering adopting parts of it and countries as ... |
| “In Portugal, We Fight the Illness, Not the People Who Suffer from It” [30.07.2012] | Portugal’s anti-drug policies have been gaining international visibility since this country's 2001 decision to eliminate all criminal penalties for p ... |
| U.S. says drug abuse needs treatment, not just jail [23.05.2012] | The United States sees drug abuse as a public health problem as much as a crime issue and is seeking to learn from countries in Europe and elsewhere ... |
| A resounding success or a disastrous failure [05.01.2012] | Two observers and scholars of the 2001 Portuguese drug policy reform consider divergent accounts of the reform which viewed it as a ‘resounding succe ... |
| Portugal and the drug war [23.11.2011] | Portuguese drug policy and the drug treatment system are not without challenges and problems. No system is perfect and operates within a constantly c ... |
| Minister considers Portuguese drugs strategy [04.11.2011] | Junior Health Minister Roisin Shortall, who is in charge of Ireland’s drugs strategy, said she had an "open mind" in relation to Portugal’s model. Sh ... |
| Drug Policy in Portugal [31.08.2011] | ?In 2000, the Portuguese government responded to widespread public concern over drugs by rejecting a "war on drugs" approach and instead decriminaliz ... |
| Portugal drug law show results ten years on, experts say [01.07.2011] | Health experts in Portugal say that Portugal's decision 10 years ago to decriminalise drug use and treat addicts rather than punishing them is an expe ... |
| Dug Policy Profile Portugal [23.06.2011] | This profile describes the national drug policy of Portugal, a policy that has attracted significant attention recently in the media and in policy de ... |
| Obama: Drugs Should Be Treated as "Public Health Problem" [28.01.2011] | In an online town hall session yesterday, U.S. President Barack Obama suggested that, while he is not in favor of drug legalization, he does believe ... |
| Drug experiment [16.01.2011] | Faced with both a public health crisis and a public relations disaster, Portugal’s elected officials took a bold step. They decided to decriminalize ... |
| Portugal's drug policy pays off; US eyes lessons [26.12.2010] | The United States, which has waged a 40-year, $1 trillion war on drugs, is looking for answers in tiny Portugal, which is reaping the benefits of wha ... |
| What Can We Learn From The Portuguese Decriminalization of Illicit Drugs? [30.11.2010] | The issue of decriminalizing illicit drugs is hotly debated, but is rarely subject to evidence-based analysis. This paper examines the case of Portug ... |
| Portugal's Drug Experience: New Study Confirms Decriminalization Was a Success [23.11.2010] | From the perspective of drug warriors, the criminal laws against drug possession are all that protect Americans from a deluge of drugs, an orgy of ma ... |
| Portuguese priorities [11.10.2010] | In July 2001, the Portuguese government introduced Law 30, setting in train a radical new approach to illicit drug use. In practice, it decriminalise ... |
| What Britain could learn from Portugal's drugs policy [05.09.2010] | In the midst of the recently resurgent debate in Britain about whether our drug laws are working – or require a major overhaul – the experience of Po ... |
| Ten years of decriminalization in Portugal [29.07.2010] | Ten years ago, in July 2001, Portugal decriminalized the use and possession of all illicit drugs including cocaine and heroin. Under the new legal fr ... |
| At 10, Portugal's Drug Law Draws New Scrutiny [20.07.2010] | Portugal's move to decriminalize illicit substances—Europe's most liberal drug legislation—turns 10 years old this month amid new scrutiny and plaudi ... |
| Drug Policy Reform in Practice [01.07.2009] | The academic journal Nueva Sociedad recently released an issue to promote the debate in Latin America on drug policy reform. TNI contributed with the ... |
| 5 Years After: Portugal's Drug Decriminalization Policy Shows Positive Results [07.04.2009] | In the face of a growing number of deaths and cases of HIV linked to drug abuse, the Portuguese government in 2001 tried a new tack to get a handle o ... |
| Drug Decriminalization in Portugal [01.04.2009] | On July 1, 2001, a nationwide law in Portugal took effect that decriminalized all drugs, including cocaine and heroin. Under the new legal framework, ... |
| Decriminalization of Drug Use in Portugal [01.07.2002] | Drug use is an increasing problem in Portugal. In response, following the advice of a select committee, the Portuguese government has recently issued ... |
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