10/3 podcast: What Canada can actually learn about drugs from Portugal
Is there anything that can be learned from Portugal, which decriminalized all drugs following a wave of overdose deaths in the 1990s?
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The two big drug topics that are front and centre in the minds of Canadians are the coming legalization of marijuana, and the opioid crisis, which has seen thousands die of overdoses from fentanyl and other deadly drugs.
Is there anything that can be learned from Portugal, which decriminalized all drugs following a wave of overdose deaths in the 1990s?
10/3 host Dave Breakenridge is joined by Vancouver Sun columnist Daphne Bramham who spent a week in Portugal for a seven-part series on drug policy.
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