In the 2020 referendum campaign that made Oregon the first U.S. state to decriminalize the possession of heroin and other synthetic drugs for consumption, proponents of the measure often cited the success of the Portuguese model as evidence that decriminalization is a more reliable way to go. that the war on drugs waged by the United States has led to results that are widely considered disastrous.
But the passage of Measure 110 came at the same time that the black market was flooded with fentanyl, a synthetic drug that is 50 times more potent than heroin, and less than three years later, several media articles do more than characterize the experience. in Oregon are so far unsuccessful, but also point to the need for changes in the Portuguese model.
Such was the case with an article in the Washington Post that looked at drug use on the streets of Porto and compared it to what is seen in Portland, where overdoses are up 46% this year. An article in The New York Times made the same connection under the headline “The Hard Drug Decriminalization Catastrophe.”
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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