Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now having doubts

Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by slashdev on Friday July 07, 2023 @06:50PM (#36639294)

It’s very low, lower than regular rehab, which is already not that effective.

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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by Gareth321 on Saturday July 08, 2023 @05:19AM (#36642750)

Which isn’t an argument against forced treatment because nominally, more people get treatment. To illustrate using made-up numbers:

Policy A: No forced treatment: 10% of addicts attempt treatment with a 10% success rate = 1% overall success rate.

Policy B: Forced treatment: 10% of addicts attempt treatment with a 10% success rate = 1% + 20% of addicts forced into treatment with a 5% success rate = 1% = 2% overall success rate.

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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by slashdev on Saturday July 08, 2023 @07:35AM (#36643433)

That’s a lot of resources for a low success rate though. The obvious question is could you get a better result using those resources elsewhere? Like education?

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