Portugal, 12 Years After Decriminalizing Drugs

Portugal, 12 Years after Decriminalizing Drugs

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He is also fighting the extensive methadone program Portugal began as part of its drug policy reform, which now provides tens of thousands of heroin addicts with this substitute drug. These days, Pinto Coelho earns his living running diet clinics, but …
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Aiding Sobriety, a Chord at a Time

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… interviewed for this article, but in his 2007 autobiography he said he started building the clinic with his own money in the mid-1990s after learning that the island, where he had a home, had no treatment center for alcoholics or drug addicts …
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Vermont House passes bills to stem drug abuse

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Your article has been sent. MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Leaders in the Vermont House on Friday lauded passage of multi-pronged legislation designed to stem drug abuse and reduce overdose deaths. The measures were given preliminary approval Thursday …
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