What happened after this country decriminalised all drugs?
In the '90s, Portugal had one of the worst rates of overdose deaths in Europe, as well as the highest rate of HIV among drug users.
In response to this public health emergency, Portugal's government set up a group of experts to come up with a nationwide strategy. The committee proposed a raft of radical measures including the decriminalisation of all drugs for personal use.
Dr João Goulão, one of the architects of the drugs policy, discusses the success of the strategy.
