{"id":14045,"date":"2016-08-27T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=14045"},"modified":"2016-08-27T01:00:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T05:00:12","slug":"portugal-what-happened-after-it-decriminalized-drugs-vice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/27\/portugal-what-happened-after-it-decriminalized-drugs-vice\/","title":{"rendered":"Portugal: What Happened After It Decriminalized Drugs | VICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Samuel Oakford<\/p>\n

…..16 years ago, Portugal took a leap and decriminalized the possession of all drugs \u2014 everything from marijuana to heroin. By most measures, the move has paid off.<\/p>\n

The rate of new HIV infections in Portugal has fallen precipitously since 2001, the year its law took effect, declining from 1,016 cases to only 56 in 2012. Overdose deaths decreased from 80 the year that decriminalization was enacted to only 16 in 2012. In the US, by comparison, more than 14,000 people died in 2014 from prescription opioid overdoses alone. Portugal’s current drug-induced death rate, three per million residents, is more than five times lower than the European Union’s average of 17.3, according to EU figures.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Portugal\u2019s Example: What Happened After It Decriminalized All Drugs, From Weed to Heroin | VICE News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Samuel Oakford …..16 years ago, Portugal took a leap and decriminalized the possession of all drugs \u2014 everything from marijuana to heroin. By most measures, the move has paid off. The rate of new HIV infections in Portugal has fallen precipitously since 2001, the year its law took effect, declining from 1,016 cases to … <\/p>\n

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