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All Drugs Have Been Legal in Portugal Since 2001: Did Decriminalization Work?
Submitted by Derek Henson on Sat, 2010-10-09 03:00
"The paper, published by Cato in April, found that in the five years after personal possession was decriminalized, illegal drug use among teens in Portugal declined and rates of new HIV infections caused by sharing of dirty needles dropped, while the number of people seeking treatment for drug addiction more than doubled."
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