Portugal’s Radical Drugs Policy Is Working. Why Hasn’t the World Copied It?

Portugal’s drug epidemic started in the 1980s, and HIV and overdoses skyrocketed. After decriminalizing all substances in 2001, the country started focusing on harm-reduction instead of punishment, but it was cultural shifts that truly improved the country’s situation. Is Portugal’s success too culturally bound to work elsewhere?

Source: The Guardian
Published: Dec 5, 2017
Length: 19 minutes (4,840 words)

Decriminalization: A Love Story

In a ranging piece funded by the Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award, journalist Susana Ferreira reports on the decriminalization of drugs in Portugal, where since 2001, addiction has been treated more like an illness than a crime.

Source: The Common
Published: Oct 31, 2017
Length: 33 minutes (8,288 words)