Thursday, July 7, 2011

Portugal stops jailing drug users en masse; naturally, drug use declines

And yet another blow to the war on drugs: Portugal managed to reduce drug addiction levels by lessening the punishment and using savings from the criminal justice system on innovative treatment.

Who would have thought throwing a drug user in jail to hang with other criminals doesn't produce clean-living individuals walking out the door of prisons? I was so sure that would work...

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