Portugal’s Example: What Happened After It Decriminalized All Drugs

As in everything, to understand the logic of drug prohibition, we have to follow the money. The money goes out of:

1. everyone taking drugs that have money to buy them

2. from their families

3. from everyone else in the society, as people are robbed by addicted people that could not afford to buy the drugs by themselves.

The drug money is distributed along a stair of levels which end in a few people earning a lot of the money of society. These people have the power to influence politicians, the media, etc, to keep drugs prohibited. Why? Because when something is prohibited the price of goods is higher. If it was allowed a free market for drugs (as there is for wine, beer and other beverages) the price of drugs would drop significantly. And guess what? This is no good for the drug lords, neither for politicians and other who benefit from the status quo.

In Portugal half was done. Half remains to be done. Still, a good initiative.