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The drug policy of Portugal, informally called the "drug strategy", was put in place in 2000, and came into effect in July 2001.Created by the Decree-Law n. 130 -A/2001 and under the jurisdiction of the Commissions for the Dissuasion of Drug Addiction, [1] its purpose was to reduce the number of new HIV/AIDS cases in the country, as it was estimated around half of new cases came from injection ...
Possession of cannabis in Portugal is decriminalised in amounts for personal use, considered to be up to 25 g of plant material or 5 g of hashish. In 2001 Portugal decriminalised all illegal drugs, meaning that possession of personal amounts (a 10-day supply) is not subject to any penalties for a first-time offense. Subsequent offenses may be ...
The Decree-Law 15/93 of January 22 (Portuguese: Decreto-Lei n.º 15/93, de 22 de Janeiro) is a Portuguese drug control law implementing the 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. [1] It classifies substances into six categories, Table (Portuguese: Tabela) I through Table VI. Tables ...
Portugal: Decriminalized up to 1 gram: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: See further info about the Drug policy of Portugal. Methamphetamine is Illegal, but possession of small amounts are decriminalized. [26] Singapore: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Under the Misuse of Drugs Act in Singapore, methamphetamine is a Class A — Schedule I ...
HIV infection rates also have dropped from 104.2 new cases per million in 2000 to 4.2 cases per million in 2015. Anyone caught with any type of drug in Portugal, if it is for personal consumption, will not be imprisoned. Portugal is the first country that has decriminalized the possession of small amounts of drugs, to positive results. [23]
In additional to the presidential election, U.S. voters went to the polls to decide on a number of statewide issues, including marijuana legalization.
Drug-related deaths in Portugal (1 C, 1 P) Drug policy of Portugal (3 P) P. Pharmaceutical companies of Portugal (3 P) S. Portuguese sportspeople in doping cases (29 P)
Portugal's criminal police agency said on Wednesday it had arrested four people on suspicion of holding a man in slavery-like conditions for 17 years in the country's northern region of Braganca.