Um artigo publicado no Economist desta semana dá conta que a lei que entrou em vigor em 2001 privilegiando o tratamento dos dependentes da droga relativamente à sua perseguição e punição teve efeitos significativamente positivos, segundo um relatório do Cato Institute , uma organização não governamental ultraliberal sediada em Washington.
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There are widespread misconceptions about the Portuguese approach. “It is important not to confuse decriminalisation with depenalisation or legalisation,” comments Brendan Hughes of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, which is, coincidentally, based in Lisbon. “Drug use remains illegal in Portugal, and anyone in possession will be stopped by the police, have the drugs confiscated and be sent before a commission.”
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“Proving a causal link between Portugal’s decriminalisation measures and any changes in drug-use patterns is virtually impossible in scientific terms,” concludes Mr Hughes. “But anyone looking at the statistics can see that drug consumption in 2001 was relatively low in European terms, and that it remains so. The apocalypse hasn’t happened."
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