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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 ...
Portugal has arguably the most liberal laws concerning the possession and use of illicit drugs in the Western world. In 2001 Portugal decriminalised possession of effectively all drugs that are still illegal in other developed nations including, but not limited to, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and LSD. However while drug consumption is not a ...
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 ...
In 2001, Portugal became the first country in the world to decriminalize the consumption of all drugs.
Drug policy of Portugal (3 P) P. Pharmaceutical companies of Portugal (3 P) S. Portuguese sportspeople in doping cases (29 P) This page was last edited on 25 March ...
This was in line with the de facto Portuguese drug policy before the reform. Drug addicts were then aggressively targeted with therapy or community service rather than fines or waivers. [46] Even if there are no criminal penalties, these changes did not legalize drug use in Portugal.
Territory Drug and precursor laws United Nations INCB – Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 [1] INCB – Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971 [2] INCB – United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988 [3]
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.