In less than two decades, Portugal went from suffering an epidemic of heroin use, drug-related crimes and deaths to enjoying one of the lowest rates of drug-related deaths in the world. This excellent, short video from Bloomberg explores why this is the case.
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2:06 pm Mon
May 28, 2018
Why Portugal's decriminalization of all drugs has saved so many lives
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