Australian Border Force continues its opposition to Australian Capital Territory drug decriminalisation, as Portugal experiment fails and warns others not to follow. “Decriminalisation creates too many practical difficulties for police officers to implement policy, and there are inadequately designed and resourced diversionary programs.”
“At this stage, we do not believe a threshold has been met whereby community members can be kept safe through a process of decriminalising or legalising illicit ‘hard’ drugs including amphetamines, heroin, cocaine and MDMA. Hard drugs cause enormous amounts of harm to society, and the PANSW believes any more to make them easier to use will create further problems.” Police Association of NSW
(Source: Portuguese warning on legalising drugs – The Australian, 27 September 2023)
Also see
- Failing Portugal Drug Policy was Never a ‘Good Plan’!
- The drugs lobby have finally been proved wrong and the world is waking up. The Portugal Model continuing to fail and fail disturbingly!
- Challenging the Faux Claims for Portugal and Decriminalisation
- How the former ‘heroin capital of Europe’ decriminalised drugs
- Portugal Drug Policy – A Review Of The Evidence: Highlights Many Problems that Make it Unsuitable for Australia
- 20 years of Portuguese Drug Policy – Development & Challenges
- US Office of National Drug Control Policy: Drug decriminalization in Portugal
With thanks to the Dalgarno Institute for compiling this information.
