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Portugal is having doubts … #183

Open nelsonic opened 1 year ago

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

Article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-drugs-decriminalization-heroin-crack/

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20230707185209/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-drugs-decriminalization-heroin-crack/

Via: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36638752

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

This is the key paragraph in the article:

"After years of economic crisis, Portugal decentralized its drug oversight operation in 2012. A funding drop from 76 million euros ($82.7 million) to 16 million euros ($17.4 million) forced Portugal’s main institution to outsource work previously done by the state to nonprofit groups, including the street teams that engage with people who use drugs."

(€76 - €16) / €76 = 79% cut in funding.

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