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- What Britain could learn from Portugal's drugs policy
A decade ago Portugal took a radical new approach to illegal drugs by treating users as people with social problems rather than as criminals. Could it work in the UK?

"Susannah is being treated in the physiotherapy unit of the Centro das Taipas, a vast, pink former mental institutution close to Lisbon's airport, where she is having hot towels pressed on to her lower back. Built during the second world war, the wards of wing 21B are these days committed to the treatment of drug addiction. (...)"

This article appeared on p8 of the Main section section of the Observer on Sunday 5 September 2010. It was published on guardian.co.uk at 00.07 BST on Sunday 5 September 2010.

Full article in, site: http://www.guardian.co.uk.

- At 10, Portugal's Drug Law Drws New Scrutiny

Porto, Portugal - This country's move to decriminalize illicit substances - Europe's most liberal drug legislation - turns 10 years old this month amid new scrutiny and plaudits.

It was published on Europe News, The Wall Street Journal, on 20 July  2010.

Full article in, site: http://europe.wsj.com/home-page.

 

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