Drug legalization supporters having second thoughts as overdoses, crime skyrocket in Portugal: ‘Normalized it’
Portugal, a country widely praised by supporters of drug legalization for its move to decriminalize all hard drugs, is facing increased doubts from within its borders whether the approach is actually working.
Over the last 20 years, Portugal has become a model for supporters of legalized drugs, but according to a recent Washington Post report, with the headline “Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now having doubts”, the number of people using drugs and overdosing has spiked in recent years. Some inside the country believe a spike in crime is connected to the prevalence of drugs.
According to the report, drug problems in urban areas are worse than they have been in decades, and the government entities that run rehabilitation programs and underfunded “...