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How Portugal eased its opioid epidemic, while U.S. drug deaths skyrocketed
Portugal's leaders pivoted away from the U.S. drug war model, which prioritized narcotics seizures, arrests and lengthy prison sentences for drug offenders.
Instead, it focused scarce public dollars on health care, drug treatment, job training and housing. The system, integrated into the country's taxpayer-funded national health care system, is free and easy to navigate.
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/24/1230188789/portugal-drug-overdose-opioid-treatment
@SpN2000 Absolutely 💯
@nursefrombirth So weird that if you support people and help them through their trauma and the knock-on effects of that trauma, they don't feel the need to use drugs any more 🤔
@nursefrombirth
this is the way