Why Portugal Decriminalized All Drugs | The War on Drugs

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[@PPais89]

Drugs are not legal in Portugal.

[@saynotohugs3264]

It's none of their buisnes if they use drugs it's like making suicide illegal? Does that make since?

[@richardv.7826]

You guys gotta compile these drug vids into a series. Its hard to find old vids if I missed it.

[@fradrake11]

The war on drugs has never and will never be won. Time to think outside the box. Maybe Governments can find a way to control them,tax them and make them safer?

[@TOMAS-lh4er]

WOW !!! Good report , I wanted to know the comparison of these two countries, thanks !

[@vascoapolonio2309]

I was a young Portuguese in the 90's. Dealing with Heroín addiction since 1985. I have now a family. A good job. Im very blessed for what my beloved country have done for me. Ill do everything for my family and for Portugal

[@s.b.--]

congrats

[@jasonbarton4521]

G-d Bless!

[@FzsHotDogInDonut]

Proud of you bro

[@thefunshackwars5418]

Suuurree too bad ur probably fake and most addicts don’t get better bcuz THEY CHOOSE to do drugs in the first place

[@zootmuffin6049]

@@thefunshackwars5418 ok bro

[@thecoolestdaniel4554]

Government: no drugs Drug users: haha I do drugs Government: do drugs Drugs users : nah it ain't fun anymore

[@artyom2643s]

we still do it for example, I always light up some ganza every new year, it's just that we don't go to prison anymore😂

[@vegetapt9144]

@@artyom2643s faz esse eheheh tambem gosto de uma ganzita ocasional, tipo no aniversário, passagem d ano. Carnaval é sagrado xD e como nao fumo diariamente bate de caralho ahahah

[@Sonofwill]

Very true statement, when it’s not seen as being rebellion or that natural instinct of not following what your being told, reverse psychology does have a value, plus,, if your a user and it’s not criminal, you can go to work and the world opens up to you again which a lot of people start taking when life’s been rough, ability to move forward, is everything.

[@toxicbreez4277]

Eliminates the thrill

[@srspower]

@@mmarques2736 And as a result drug use in Portugal has increased exponentially. The policy has been an utter failure.

[@Iiisslogan-co6np]

I started doing drugs since my teenage. Got addicted to cocaine, spent my whole life fighting cocaine addiction. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

[@NetaZjdb]

Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health.

[@CristiandlfDeval]

YES very sure of Dr.alishrooms. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

[@Hison-Dcarman]

I'm really happy for you that your friend decided to help you...I hear about alot of family members or so called friends shutting an addict out of their life, which since most addicts do it to mask emotions to me is the worse thing someone can do to an addict.

[@SharonFalcon-fj7nb]

Yes he's Dr.alishrooms. Shrooms to me is a natrual healer. I know a guy who has used mushrooms in the same way and they have really helped him. mah dudes have safe trips all.

[@laurj09]

My first experience with shrooms cleared my mind and I started seeing the world on a whole new level

[@stee8345]

Good job Portugal. Over here in America we're still waging the useless "war on drugs"....

[@miguelcabral2958]

Don’t think you can do whatever you want weed is still ilegal and police (GNR) are like the school bullies

[@LeLantos-ij1dd]

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[@jfyhcghdahh6530]

Vice lies about Portugal that casal ventoso hood went down like 20 years ago they are using fake media to you believe it that's the truth and why no Portuguese talked on the show ? what a brainwash

[@PP-tuga]

@@jfyhcghdahh6530 tas a dizer a mesma merda over and over . Get a foking life . O casal fechou as portas em 2001 . Claro que ainda se faz negocios na meia laranja . FUI

[@jonytube]

@@jfyhcghdahh6530 bruh are you even Portuguese? You have absolutely no clue ab what you're saying. Sit down son

[@Skrapes]

"Do you mind if I do a J" sounds like an undercover cop decoy tryna catch a dealer on Snapchat.

[@maad1670]

"Yoo my slime...."

[@theangryitalianscottypiffi1048]

You aren’t lying

[@Bombarded1n]

Its Ima burn 1 u good homie Bwhhahahahaha sounds like a cop

[@joesettling1545]

Oregon decriminilized

[@slydaguy1862]

Lmao then continues to smoke the smallest roach that has a filter too

[@Dwainegnd]

“Do you mind if I do a J” has never been said in history.

[@eugee61422]

Agreed. That was cringy lol

[@YusuphYT]

Jade, cute.

[@esoh4t484]

Looked like he was smoking a toenail as well

[@AllUntold]

Was the last thing I ever guessed would come out of his mouth..."a j" 😂😂

[@lainbabin3768]

Charles Eugee Lim ON

[@5mAni1]

50% of the comments “ can I do a j “

[@haflelife2523]

seems like the internet to me

[@praveenamaram]

"he's a drug addict by his look".bruhh, man I already dead if I'm a Phillippino

[@greenleafyman1028]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hatredhatred2240]

*Filipino

[@itanimulli.]

Living as a naturally born thin guy must be hard in there

[@Cabbages-ish]

That is for sure😅😅.. but they will monitor your moves first before you got in big trouble..

[@bobburner5453]

Rip Hamillton

[@erickc9251]

Fun fact: The president of Uruguay only makes 11k per month and donates most of it, lives on a small farm house, and drives an old Toyota

[@bradsully6620]

I'd take 11k a month.

[@sebastiaorodrigues2843]

"only" 11k a month that's still a lot 😳

[@Maidaseu]

11k month. What do the greedy people make in Uruguay?

[@PWN3DU01]

Pretty sure he drove a Volkswagen Beetle. The people's car.

[@jpmoranv5996]

That’s such a lie I live in Miami and my cousin was in a yacht party and he found Uruguay’s president son there. I doubt he only makes 11k

[@ruisilva9210]

As a Portuguese i can tell you that back in the 90's almost every Portuguese family had a family member or a neighbour or a friend who o.d. or died of aids complications or went to jail ( all heroin related ) The aproach of seeing this people as someone who needs help and not punishment was our best decision.

[@volatile_zer0]

I'm Portuguese too but raised mostly in the UK. My mum is from that exact generation that was hit hard by the sudden influx of drugs into the country. She had a lot of friends from when she was a teenager in the 80s who died from ODs, and she's resented drug use in all forms ever since. The damage that drugs can do to entire communities is not to be taken lightly, and I really sympathize with the pain she felt in seeing the people around her fall victim to them, but the exact circumstances NEED to be taken into account to truly understand why the drug crisis happened. It wasn't a case of "people smoked joints, and then they died." It was the lack of education, the uncontrolled opening-up of Portugal to the outside world after Salazar's austere rule, and a strongly opinionated, judgemental, predominantly Catholic societal culture that made it such a huge problem. Not to mention the fact that those teenagers moved onto stuff like coke and heroin faster than you could even finish a joint. That's the bit that people seem to forget, people like my mum, and then the effectiveness of this modern solution of decriminalisation as adopted by Portugal is harshly dismissed simply because it doesn't punish drug use. It's like complaining that using water to extinguish fire won't work because water is soft, and saying that what you need is more fire.

[@trix9803]

@@volatile_zer0 You know sometimes fighting fire was fire works

[@larryc1616]

@@trix9803 when has that worked with the drug wars? Duterte?

[@trix9803]

@@larryc1616 If they were to legalize all drugs it would make things a lot better have people go to a doctor and get them prescribed from the pharmacy

[@potatoeskimos]

How come your country has high drug uses in the first place?

[@Pizzaandbutter]

What was the point of him “doing a j” right in front of him? He couldn’t wait?

[@GSTACK57]

To look cool, he definitely doesn't smoke.

[@secrecynsilenceislaw4224]

To show how far the country has come when it comes to drugs....🤦

[@ChipzOnTheBeat]

"Do you mind if i do a jay" Proceeds to light up ROACH tf

[@smokelife6315]

You beat me to it LMAOOO!!!!!

[@ChipzOnTheBeat]

😂😂😂

[@smokelife6315]

@@ChipzOnTheBeat that was cringy AF , Mujica is a real one tho, greatest president ever. Pure class. Pure grace. God bless him.

[@elmo319]

He needed a pin for sure 🤣

[@Lord_of_Dread]

Portugal has been ahead of the curve for over a decade. I remember doing a school project on this ten years ago, and all of my science teachers were like "PREACH SON!"

[@dani4ever]

@Mobile Games what an edge lord. I bet you're really sucessful

[@maryelizabeth4441]

@Mobile Games No one is going to value your worthless opinion. 🙄

[@phatfish001]

@Mobile Games Drop some value on us then, i bet you can't 😂😂😂. The "teachers are stupid" take doesn't count, unless you are a pre-teen maybe.

[@maryelizabeth4441]

@Mobile Games nawwwwwww you're just suffering from delusions of grandeur 😚 Okay bye💚

[@phatfish001]

@Mobile Games If how much a person earns dictates how valid their opinion is I want to know your yearly income and net worth before going any further. You seem like someone who has not lived in the real world. Edgy KZbinrs dishing out "red pill" enlightenment prey on those with low self esteem, mainly to boost their own ego. I wouldn't repeat what they say to well adjusted members of society, you will end up looking like a dick. See above for evidence.

[@mightymarlo3101]

Man being a former addict myself I couldn’t imagine having to worry about the police murdering me because I had a drug problem. All those misunderstood souls snuffed out because they didn’t know how to deal or take the time to deal with addiction

[@MSotelo503]

This exactly what I'm trying to tell people, I live in Oregon and Measure 110 passed. Everyone is negative about it saying druggies need to be locked up I'm like why so a pedophile or a real criminal can free.

[@kentadran]

I'm from Philippines. Some of the government officials here are involve in drug trafficking. Greed is our enemy not drugs.

[@Dolandtromm]

Nice try with a fake account........once you're a drug user.........ur life is finished and technically You are a living zombie in a living hell where you can't think anything but to get high at any cost

[@mightymarlo3101]

@@Dolandtromm I don’t know about the fake account but your right. When your an addict you are just living to get high. People will steal from their own parents for money to get high or worse.

[@mightymarlo3101]

@@kentadran damn I’m sorry your going through that. Maybe it will change sooner than later. Or hopefully you can find a better place to live.

[@br3menPT]

Portuguese guy here...I was a child during the 80´s beginning of 90´s...I remember seeing a lot of used syringes on the floor in certain areas of the cities... And several cases of heroin addiction (neighbors, family of friends, car parkers in the streets, homeless people) The situation improved a lot...I wonder why the hell so many european countries criticized our new approach and legislation... We did the right thing

[@davooberger5790]

Media in Europe have NEVER mentioned anything about Portugal, other than the fact that drugs are legal there....never have they mentioned that Portugal is in a much better place now...

[@ninglumks8330]

When society is acutely ignorant, every stupid policy is acceptable.

[@ericc4209]

www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au/images/resources/pdf/dart/The_Truth_on_Portugal_December_2018.pdf

[@BenHope]

Actually take the time to read that report and it deliberately puts forward evidence ina misleading way to further its agenda. In the intro for example it claims illicit drug use for high school students has increased by 60% but this is just marijuana usage which is not remotely comparable to other substances

[@thefunshackwars5418]

@@BenHope what’s your point? marijuana abuse is bad.

[@BenHope]

@@thefunshackwars5418 didnt say abuse did it?

[@augustus672]

@@BenHope school children smoking hash or weed is not good either, wether it's an "abuse" or not (unless you are of those "ackshually" people). coming from someone whose country legalized marijuana years ago.

[@loganhenderson936]

“Can i do a J?” This is the most cringiest phrase ive ever heard

[@Viktor007]

That's why he laughed at him so much

[@sbeerman1919]

It's the dude tho

[@fadedghost1704]

How do you even pot

[@bigdbigooo7829]

Yeah you can tell the trendy vice reporter was the kid ratting out everyone for smoking "a j". But started smoking a year before this piece, And spreading the word on weed man. Yeah. You ever stare at the stars man. Yeah but did you ever do it on weed man.yeah that's far out.

[@mrspud2547]

If you're english asking your mate for some of his stuff you could say can I do a j without sounding cringy

[@unknown-gf2dx]

"Mind if i do a j" said no one who smoked weed ever

[@givo97]

qitaal.122 I think he meant the phrase

[@enibasrey]

Givo its from the big lebowski lol

[@mr.anonymous5501]

@Loyal Royalty That's irrelevant. As someone said, it's the phrase. A smoker would ask to smoke a joint, spark a joint, light up, whatever. They'd never, ever say, do, a joint. You do lines, you shoot smack, and you smoke weed. The only time someone might say, do, would be saying they're going to do an edible.

[@jaleenyarbrough5128]

Mr. Anonymous or someone might be like “let’s do a dab”

[@Haboogie]

That's what someone undercover would say!

[@charlescarter4608]

Dude: "do you mind if I do a j?" The President: "This dude's a fucking narc!"

[@nesterfesticle7033]

Your calling him a good guy as a cut down?

[@charlescarter4608]

@@nesterfesticle7033 What exactly are you talking about?

[@catarina81]

5:40 "you need a license to own a cigarette lighter" well, he was a dictator but he was veryyy smart! He didn't want Portugueses to have cigarette lighters because he wanted people to use phosphorus, which increased the economy since we were the ones producing it!

[@k421838]

Uruguay president was a refreshing politician.

[@ozdemirsalik]

I have a portrait of him in my room. I love him so much, he’s my idol. And I’m living half way around the world from Uruguay.

[@MSalvadorStudios]

Salih Özdemir where do yo live? im from uruguay lol

[@ozdemirsalik]

x x I’m from Turkey

[@budgetking2591]

@@arolemaprarath6615 He was obviously talking about the president from Uruguay, read again what he typed.

[@ozdemirsalik]

Arolema Prarath I’ve never supported him in my entire life. Most of the population hate him as you said. He’ll probably be gone in less than 3 years.

[@keithsweet8840]

Congratulations to Drugs ,,for winning the war on Drugs.. ☘🍀☘🍀🍁🌿🍃🚬🚬👍🏼👍🏼

[@rastaewabeach]

I don’t think Portugal got the drug lord problems along with corrupt politics.

[@oneway1811]

Drugs won the fight way long time ago they’re on everything store pills 💊 are worse than smoking weed

[@jackingofftoraelilblack2342]

Nah I hate drugs most of em should be made to disappear

[@toocharged]

@@rastaewabeach don't you think the goverment is like the cartel doesn't it profit off these drugs?

[@mmorales1497]

haha the stupidest part of the whole video

[@killuminatianonymous5551]

My buddy who I used with before I got clean actually had dual citizenship and moved to Portugal with his family. He always got high once in a while I always wondered how he is going. I’ve been clean for almost 6 years so, hope he’s doing well.

[@awg7068]

Thank you for coming back to real content Vice, we missed you!

[@SaintMartins]

I'm proud Canada has legalized Marijuana across the country 100% (manufacture, distribute, sales, possession & usage) since October 2018. Also criminal possession of "other drugs" (with no intent to sell) has dropped to just a simple fine or confiscation (depending on the drug) no jail time.

[@matthewmorel3758]

Canada’s gun policy sucks tho. I wish it was more like Switzerland gun laws but hey we can only dream right

[@BeeHash]

Straight up not true. It would be great, but simply isn't true.

[@BlazVeber69]

Just don't sell heroin at a schoolyard. That's nasty!

[@wendellswendell2001]

Even if you have 5 grams of meth and your buddy overdoses and you have no Narcan. The cops can't touch you. They'll let you go with your drugs as long as you tried to save your friends life.

[@blackopsbradley4]

Have u legalised meth yet doe

[@Danneman92]

Man I am sitting here with goosebumps. This series is excellent. And, GO Portugal!

[@guilhermemachado3607]

As a portuguese, I am very happy with our drug policy. Nontheless, there are still a few inconveniences, if not problems in the way we handle drugs. 1) Drugs in Portugal are still seen and analyzed against the standard established in the 90s by heroin. This means that if you are caught smoking a joint in a park and if the police officer decides to bring you in, you´ll be treated like a complete addict (and interrogated by the police officers to know where you bought the drugs). When I was caught with less than 0.2g of hash, I was brought before a counsil of therapists that tried to figure out if I was an addict in need of help, which I´m not. Bottom line is, as a consumer of even light drugs like marijuana, you will be brought before the entire might of the bureaucratic health system of the country. We should be looking out for diseased people that have lost everything to alcohol and heroin, and not teenagers who like to smoke weed. Weed should be completely legal and regulated. This obviously comes from the fact that Portugal is still a very catholic country that holds a number of social prejudices against drugs like cannabis. 2) The second biggeste problem is the fact that as an addict, you will not be taken care of in a cooperative way by health professionals. The way an addict enters the health system that protects them is through the police, who is usually violent and cohersive, not to talk about the fact that all of this only happens if the ammount of drugs you´re carrying are below 5g. Any more and you´ll be prosecuted (and police officers will always try to make sure you are over the "Legal" ammount). The problem with the police handling the entry of the addict into the system is that police officers are not trained proprely to handle people with such patology, and thus, it is much more likely for an addict to be overwhelmed by this makeshift justice system converted into a humanist health system than he is to look for and accept help. The main point is: decriminalization should only be temporary, as a way for society to lose its prejudice against drugs and drug addiction. The role of helping drug addicts should belong to health professionals and should not have a single trace of punition. The main goal is to reach a point in which drugs can be available in society (especially weed and hash), but we are able to respect their users while we guarantee that the consequences of drugs are of public knowledge - essentially helping people who really need help

[@sijcecilio]

I would do anything just to have those "inconveniences" apply to my country (Philippines) as well. You have it so good, meanwhile innocent people are killed left and right here, just so police will get reward money from this stupid ass president. Drug users are treated like demons here, instead of people who need help.

[@goncalomendes1512]

Smoking weed is a problem. Not because of simply doing it, but because it's the first step for most of the drug addicts that exist here. We do not have the "civic culture" to allow it like countries such as Austria or Netherlands. I believe it should be a long term thing to legalize its consumption but it would require a lot, starting by the education in schools.

[@dboy2462]

@@goncalomendes1512 Even heroin and other hard drugs should be legaly regulated and prescribed for users by doctors. Watch this: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKrCaWmfi82gobM This doctor eliminated overdose deaths and 93% of the crimes committed by addicts by prescribing them medical-grade heroin and cocaine. Many addicts were able to work and become productive citizens thanks to it. The huge majority of problems blamed on drugs are caused by prohibition.

[@PinacoladaMatthew]

let's take it slowly, Even big things like Racism wasn't well handled in a short period of time. Be happy you guys already have decriminalization.

[@PinacoladaMatthew]

@@sijcecilio well said. Though I'm from Hong Kong, I have been to the Philippines and I work with Filipinos. Life is not easy being a Filipino, I can see why some turn to drugs. Not cool they get damned for life because of it, not cool at all.

[@Bexks]

Drugs are never going to go away. Us humans love them. So it's high time they were regulated, legalized/decriminalised and taxed. That's the only way it's ever going to work.

[@sarahkatzenberger3363]

I agree

[@nathanbritto9960]

Heh.. high time. But I agree, drugs are part of the human experience, so let it happen while taking care of people

[@nathanbritto9960]

@Ahmad Dzaki It.. already is. The current opiod epidemic in USA is being caused by Big Pharma. I don’t remember when, but one CEO was arrested because of it

[@-hydro]

No only decriminalize them, hard drugs like meth and cocaine don’t need to be criminalized, but they also don’t need to be distributed. Decriminalizing hard drugs gives room for addicts to seek help instead of fearing that they’ll be sent to jail because of it.

[@Bexks]

@@nathanbritto9960 I didn't even realise when I wrote that how ironic I was being 😄

[@RunMan254]

5:04 he started laughing cause that was the smallest ‘J’ he’s ever seen 😂

[@Adrastros]

bushweed

[@BadBoysHub]

😂

[@micgant]

Krishna only smokes the best though. He doesn't need a giant blunt to get high. Andavolu knows what's up.

[@utharkruna1116]

No it was a left over piece

[@FallDownist]

It was because the interviewer said Colombia instead of Uruguay. xD But I was like, wtf? when I saw that too haha

[@chaseweeks2708]

Quite a few people I know are skeptical of Oregon in the US having just approved decriminalization of drugs within the state. I'm using this video to give them an idea of what Oregon is likely trying to achieve. Keep up the great work. This series is really well done.

[@TwoCowzBrowze]

coincidentally theres another one out there of Org having people poopin and squattin everywhere ... so clearly its got a few more decades till it 'flourishes' untill then TAX TAX TAX !!!

[@highlandspring8762]

This is a well organised video! Good job!

[@pajarilloarianea.4508]

I'm a Filipino, it is undeniably sad how my fellow Filipinos fall in the hands of these 'justice providers' just because they can say they're addict base on how they look.

[@GangGang1]

Are the filipinos scared to openly say bad things about rodrigo? I traveled around the philippines for a month and i asked many what they tought of Rodrigo and like 90% said they liked him but some got a little uneasy talking about him.

[@ariadarabi]

@@GangGang1 I'm Filipino so I can give a bit of insight: no, a lot of people truly like him. He has actually done a lot for the country; supporting infrastructure etc. He's a bit radical but it's much needed during these times. In the future, when things are less turbulent, a calmer person will be needed.

[@kthomas5545]

@@ariadarabi Duterte has done nothing other than to kill, kill, kill..he has single handedly destroyed human rights & every democratic institution in the phils, be it congress or senate or police or military or ombudsman or even the judiaciary & supreme court - all of them are known as puppets of duterte instead of been independent. his own assistant is a senator & is seen everytime by the side of duterte instead of maintaining decorum as senator..In the annals of history, if there will be a most inefficient president in terms of governance, who took the country back 50 years, then that will duterte

[@harcaype]

@@ariadarabi Lol. What infrastructure? The 'Build, Build, Build' project of his has yet to materialize. All his dealings with state-preferred Chinese firms (not to mention skipping the bidding process as required by law) are questionable and shady. Just this week, a Cavite governor broke away from a Chinese firm intended to do the Sangley Port project as he deemed it non-reputable. The infrastructure you are so proud about is a project from the "Public-Private Partnership" (PPP) from the previous administration. I'll stop you from making the ridiculous statement of if not for this incumbent administration, those projects would not continue. No. That is incorrect. The state, as mandated by law, is required to fulfill a promise on projects that have already started. The Skyway 3 and PTX completion for instance was not expected to be completed within the term of the previous admin, so it carried over (oh-so conveniently) in the hands of Duterte. That's why he is being criticized for his mere ribbon cutting. Those infrastructure projects are not from Duterte. PERIOD.

[@alvinhasal2391]

@@ariadarabi "a lot of people truly like him", based on what? False asia surveys, and his fake news/misinformation peddlers? LOL

[@ActuallyConfused]

This is the Vice we love.

[@thersten]

STFU.

[@Bacondoggo]

thersten sorry you are a fan of microagression content

[@carolyngrey2853]

Thank you for shedding light on this issue!!

[@raulgonzalezsuarez3030]

Very nice approach to this guys. Keep the good work. 🏅

[@ThePatrickakes]

Prohibition doesn't work. When will people learn this?

[@phillippascual9959]

Are we ok with normalizing Crystal Meth? Philippines doesn’t have the money to treat addicts unfortunately.

[@blip-hn6is]

yeah, i dont get why philippines wont adapt portugal's method instead.

[@simoncross40K]

That isnt strictly prohibition.

[@BothHands1]

Phillip Pascual if the philippines spent their money on treatment instead of the drug war, they'd only have to spend half the money for it to be effective. plus it would reduce theft and violent crime, because prices of drugs would go down, allowing people to use and support their families without having to steal. it would also reduce the burden on the healthcare system, for all those people catching HIV and hepatitis from needles. instead of the government using tax money to keeo these people in jail, housing them, feeding them, and paying for guards and staff 24 hours a day, those people could instead go to work and *pay* taxes instead of costing tax money to be locked up. when all the savings are added up, the philippines would actually *make* money off of decriminalization, and using treatment instead.

[@rollaroyce747]

Classic vice, gotta love a good drug documentary ent ya

[@AndreBatistaSilva]

"We'd like to congratulate drugs for winning... the war on drugs" This phrase at the end gives me chills.

[@brandao76]

My father was addicted to herion in the 90s in Portugal he got through it but a lot of people don’t so lucky and blessed may the people addicted have the strength to stop and get clean

[@juliadeveau909]

I lived in a major city in Portugal and I always felt safe, I moved to a major city in Canada and I am scared to walk the streets downtown because of random people yelling at themselves on the street, people sitting in corners covered in blood, people with scraps all over the face or talking to themselves. Random attacks and even had stuff stolen at the subway. The smell of human waste everywhere. Something needs to be done. There is a drug and mental health crisis in North America, these people are not criminals; they need help.

[@JAY1892]

I watched this high AF and that deep sea diving sound in the background freaked me out. 😂

[@carlosparra8976]

dont do drugs then, find out the reason for the desire to escape.

[@Hydratiun]

Carlos Parra it’s not an escape it’s fun my g

[@jamescraig2776]

Cooked it

[@carlosparra8976]

@@Hydratiun yeah right, 20 years of drug use tells me otherwise.

[@wastedtalent666]

@@carlosparra8976 because life sucks

[@joseparrilla3711]

Seems like the Phillipines took the Reagan approach...

[@spicychad55]

Good thing Filipino cops accept cheap bribes

[@rastaewabeach]

I’m not well informed about Portugal but I believe they don’t have the drug lord problems and corrupt politicians like the Philippines does.

[@pandabear4565]

Ehhh. He didnt shoot them just increase mandatory minimums and added more to the list.

[@wigsmey4462]

Frank L except Biden wasn’t the president.

[@deymmson9699]

@Theonlyonestanding What law? Our Martial law?

[@stevejones8550]

Niiiice! Vice has decided to put out some good content again

[@dreamlife2351]

Great reporting

[@blackestmamba]

As a Portuguese, I was waiting for this video for so long :)

[@artyom2643s]

me too, let's light up a ganza in celebration comrade?

[@blackestmamba]

@@artyom2643s bota caralho

[@NomadX7]

Saved many many lifes and families here in Portugal.

[@diogocruz5194]

In Portugal even though drugs are decriminalized police still deals with it as if it’s like a weapon or something, there are tons of Portuguese police officers that aren’t informed/don’t care about those laws...

[@TheDHEL13]

Thank you PRRD Admin! Just went for vacay in 2019 and the streets of Manila is safer than it was 15 yrs ago.

[@Megamare1]

“We’d like to congratulate drugs... for winning the war on drugs”🤔

[@DeshwalST]

Lol

[@DocRealTalk]

​@busterkey l. No it wouldn't stop. Unless you start paying all the military on the border like a million dollars a month lol There's just too much money in drugs and too many poor people in the world. And even if they somehow manage to stop everything at the Mexican border, they will just bring it using boats and aircrafts. In fact, cargo drones are getting cheaper every day. They could just buy like a thousand cargo drones and put 10kg on each. Even if some of them get taken down they would still make hundreds of millions.

[@glenbertalimpulos9609]

THE DRUG WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES IS LIKE THE EMU WAR OF AUSTRALIA THE EMU WON

[@kaaskopdamsko5394]

Drugs are winning bc there are more and more people addicted, dying from drugs. And how our society deals with drugs, makes it just more difficult for people to seek help and even help themselves. So there should be no war on drugs it's a part of ours society, world. You can't fight/stop it, you should control it.

[@D_M_S_4]

🤦‍♂️

[@joanaborges9450]

Este é o comentário em português que procuravas :)

[@bernardosantos8020]

Deveras

[@hanseojunsroar2739]

estava a ver que nao pá

[@lino222]

foi boa ^^

[@ricardopereira9796]

Eu nunca faço isto mas parece que é a minha vez: PORTUGAL CARALHOOOO 🇵🇹😂

[@arthurdcr411]

lkkk

[@Jacob-sb3su]

"Do a jay" My man ousting himself as a square in 3 words

[@kritikal1993]

Decriminalisation works. Portugal is proof of that. Everyone should follow that example.

[@wg99er]

So what is the solution for the fact that mentally ill people could more easily get drugs ?

[@akajesustsuki]

Ty vice, I did really miss Hamilton’s pharmacopeia, this series is like a spiritual successor but even better. Keep it up!

[@rensvanderhoeven9440]

This is such a good series

[@MsNoPixel]

The older man from Uruguay was such a sweet, happy individual, I wish I could hear more from him, he put such a smile on my face.

[@HBC101TVStudios]

Fun fact: He was the President of Uruguay. In fact a very low-key President

[@theodorebear6714]

4:58 This guy is so sweet. I just want to give him a big hug.

[@amethystmercado8264]

Me too 🥺

[@wylnd]

Decriminalization is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength, compassion and humanity :)

[@wylnd]

@Al Castill They can still be dealt with, but consumers are not the problem to fight in any way

[@wylnd]

@Meth Smoking Neanderthal #TrailerPark I think that there needs to be more trust in people. Something like a responsible use of substances is definitely possible. And to get rid of the problem of addiction and getting rid of the substances making the most problems, people need to be able to approach someone for help and not fear prosecution and a ruined life

[@fabrizio483]

@Meth Smoking Neanderthal #TrailerPark racist.

[@wylnd]

@UCje05MppUbUjl2GTkXGOqqQ Continuing this way will not produce less Junkies

[@anthonyw9129]

@Meth Smoking Neanderthal #TrailerPark bro I hear rappers mostly black are doing drugs in record numbers now.... Percocet and smoking PCP

[@cleanserene6330]

Amazingly well done...I really appreciated the context about Portugal's history, and it just highlights how different societies can operate to take care of each other in such different ways... personally, I know of 2 more people who OD'd last week...drugs always win...it's not a fair fight...if you're struggling with staying clean, just try for today...

[@theSelodijehermano]

That guy saying "Can I do a J?" Was the cringiest scene in a documentary I have ever seen

[@DaddySantaClaus]

As someone who grew up ln Portugal in the 90's you'd see junkies in Lisbon shooting up their veins all over the place, the took down casal ventoso where they use to sell, now you see them selling in the main street, however, there are Way less junkies. Honestly you used to walk on the main street and see syringes, burned spoons, and cut lemons 😂😂😂

[@laurenwilliams777]

Where’s a good place to go buy some? Also are they selling black tar or a different kind?

[@thebayharborbutcher9115]

Sounds like America nowadays

[@SAMZIRRA]

Why does law enforcement always go after the users, leaving the dealers to run around? It seems like a half assed way to tackle a giant problem.

[@_Atzin]

Cause the users are usually the ones the get involved in petty crimes to support their addiction. Local police forces aren't equipped to dismantle large drug trafficking operations. I think full legalisation taxation and regulation is the way to go.

[@5alphaparticles]

Because law enforcement is involved in the drug trade and are protecting their own supply chain and distributors/dealers.

[@MekeniGaming]

@@_Atzin LOL THAT WAS STUPID! IF YOU KILL DRUG ADDICT THERE ALWAYS NEW ONE BCOZ THE MAIN PROBLEM "CHINESE MANUFACTURERS OF SHABU" IS OUT THERE DOING BUSINESS!

[@_Atzin]

@@MekeniGaming Uhhh.... What are you talking about.

[@bayonetta3177]

@@_Atzin i think he's just a kid dont even bother

[@jowitbeats2000]

I think Portugal's stance is the best way to go

[@rjSampaio]

@Nick Arjomand did they have a reduction of 90% of overdoses, HIV infections etc?

[@rjSampaio]

@Nick Arjomand URL I can check that up?

[@Bruno-vw8jv]

@Nick Arjomand Where are the numbers? Because Portugal reported the reduction of overdoses, hiv cases and incarcerated people since 1999 so i expect you to show the numbers too if they are higher and how does it puts Portugal to shame?

[@Bruno-vw8jv]

@Nick Arjomand The number of people with drug and alcohol disorders increased in Singapore since 1999 from 1.52% to 1.53% while in Portugal it decreased from 2% to 1.91%. Portugal faced a drug crisis while Singapore didn't and after the decriminalization in 2001 overdoses in Portugal went from 369 in 1999 to 30 in 2016, HIV cases due to injecting went from 907 in 2000 to 18 in 2017. Drug users in Portugal are treated as pacients while in Singapore you can take up to 10 years for small amounts and death penalty for large amounts. You said that the solution that Singapore used puts Portugal to shame but when you check the facts Portugal solution was the one with best results, we're talking about solutions that those countries used therefore you need to compare from one year to another. Singapore may have better numbers when it comes to drug abuse but Portugal solution had the best results and that's what this video is about, how much better it got after each solution got into action... from a drug crisis with tons of overdoses to one of the countries with the lowest number of deaths due to overdoses in the world. Also the comments in the article you sent are not really nice and the article is an opinion that the Singapore’s ambassador to the United States wrote... So again, show me the numbers proving that Singapore "solution" puts Portugal to shame and i'll believe you, until then you are just someone that insults other people for no reason when they try to discuss something and if you don't prove me wrong then who's going to be the idiot?

[@Bruno-vw8jv]

@Nick Arjomand No, we're talking about the solutions that each countries used and you said that Singapore puts Portugal to shame while in fact Portugal made a huge progress in the last 20 years while Singapore it's still around the same (it got worse according to the statistics). Being lower doesn't means that their solution was better, Portugal's solution was better because it gave better results. It became much better, what about Singapore? You said that Singapore had a higher reduction than Portugal when the other comment asked if it had 90% of reduction like Portugal but when we check the facts we can see that you not only don't know what you are talking about but you are also disrespectful wich makes me feel second hand embarrassment for you. Now i'll leave some links From 2019 www.thecabinsingapore.com.sg/blog/despite-tough-penalties-drug-abuse-in-singapore-is-still-on-the-increase/ From 2020 www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/number-of-drug-abusers-arrested-hits-six-year-high

[@THC_Club_North_HTX]

Good journalism Vice

[@TdotBlitz]

This is how you do journalism!

[@homegrownaxe3540]

Drugs planted on you? No one will ever know.

[@user-sf5iq2fl1l]

Dont like someone? Just kill and say was a drug user, you get instant popular approval.

[@patrickbrenedrozo5328]

Our neighbor threatened us "If we met on the road, I'm gonna plant a drugs on you" and thats scary af

[@comdrive3865]

@@patrickbrenedrozo5328 I'd move house. That's not okay to have to deal with that person

[@0riain468]

@@patrickbrenedrozo5328 beat them too it😈

[@robertjames2125]

Here in the Philippines we are fond of surface level of resolution on every social problem not thinking of long term approach and research investment benefit. politicians are clowns being paid to cause chained chaos and social issues by the foreign cartels.

[@RojaJaneman]

It looks like they’re just showing off by killing the little/poor guys, instead of actually pulling out the trade root and stem by getting the big guys.

[@greenleafyman1028]

Well we have Senator Cynthia Villar that doesn't like Research because she said Research can't be eaten by Filipino people, it doesn't fill their stomachs so its not worth of investing it.

[@countbinfaceglobalpresiden7926]

@@greenleafyman1028 sorry bro you spelled Cynthia Villar wrong it's Cynthia "subdivision connoisseur" Villa.

[@MESSI-fx1ob]

The problem is right wing leadership they always look at things at face value never want context or history or research. The left is best

[@turuntashtheboo7681]

@@MESSI-fx1ob as allways, as always and all over the world

[@kickstarter905]

great content

[@arashmoqadam_tabrizi1723]

so unbiased, definitely didn't take the best from one end of the spectrum and compare it to the worst from the other end

[@JG-dt2ub]

Ppl have been getting fadded for thousands of years

[@DeshwalST]

Lol

[@emguttergames]

And people have tried to control other people for thousands of years.

[@tijan8948]

Islam forbids it which is prob a good idea. Don’t know why people think it’s so great when they see the destruction it can have... cognitive dissonance?

[@brandongaeng2701]

Your missing an E in there bud. It's FADED lolz.

[@emguttergames]

fadaded.

[@AgentMuffinMan9000]

Scary I couldn't imagine being punished for a minuscule amount of cannabis let alone being murdered for making a bad choice rather then rehabilitation.

[@jai_owo]

then dont do drugs

[@jackhibberd4660]

Jxdex It’s not always that simple, there are situations that you can slide into and get caught up in, say your whole family died in a car accident or you saw your comrades die in war in front of you. While they’re unhealthy they are a coping mechanism for the poor and a problem that has not been properly addressed. Hell, you yourself could turn into an addict, you never know what’s round the corner so don’t speak on a demon you don’t know, when you live in a ghetto without morals it’s not as easy.

[@1tnt833]

I no sum1 who took drugs coz her mum gave it to her wen she was young, used to hide drugs in the house for her....its not that simple....

[@jackhibberd4660]

Nirman Pradhan It’s because they listen to the government to much and take everything they say to heart, they’re just scared and looking for a quick solution instead of a much more effective methodical one.

[@STARPIG]

You weren't punished for getting addicted, you get punished when after you surrender your addiction to the police and after you go do more drugs. Plus the killings were not caused mainly by police but by vigilantes who are not affiliated with the government

[@naturally_rob]

I struggled to get myself help with my drug problem. I always said "I'm not a druggie. A druggie is someone below me." I was very naïve in my way of thought. I have since climbed out of the bs called drugs. They are not good... when used incorrectly. I didn't understand this. I overused. I eventually got help. Unfortunately, I watch each day go by as my old friends hurt themselves more and more with misinformation concerning their drug uses. I sincerely hope that other countries do not wait till they're at that point Portugal was at. It appears we can only change when absolutely necessary; for some reason, never can we think ahead. IDK.

[@fabiocosta3830]

I worked for a few days at a door of a toxicodependent support clinic in Lisbon, where addicts come to recieve treatment. I seen people from all strata of society come for check-ups and metadone refills, from old men and women that got hooked in the 80's, guys on their 20's/30's that consumed to have an edge at work or deal with stress, to suits that seen their life spiral downward after drug binges. And some are really nice and awesome people, that want to better themselves, and are willing to tell how they got hooked, and the koment they hit rock bottom.

[@foxtailedcritter]

Great piece vice.

[@financeminister1084]

"Do you mind if I do a J?" 🤡

[@pom3222]

Finally a country with some common sense! I mean alcohol and smoking are legal but just as addictive and kill more people than drugs. Actually in UK, sugar is the No1 culprit. Everything in moderation.

[@gcroller93]

'can I please do a jay' Dunno why but that sounded so wrong 😅😂

[@bjornborges9858]

Between having treatment and being shot by death squads? Gee...what a dilemma, it's so hard to decide.

[@lightweightbuddy]

The problem with enforcement taking out dealers is that there will always be someone else step up to fill the void in the market. Even when threatened with death (as seen in the Philippines) this won't change. Why? Power and cash.

[@loiuhuiygny7guyguiygk]

well covered. it really is a tricky topic, and i think the best approach is what Norway and Portugal is doing, the issue is not all countries are able to support this personal aid. again, it really is a tricky topic.

[@samuelwaithaka1291]

Nice content

[@bobkayak2104]

Wow great works ! In ten minutes you manage to answer a lot of questions I was having in my mind and more, I just find the part about how it works in the depenalise country a bit dry : Does they buy it in legal shop? Is it given by the state like in Switzerland inside special spaces for drugs addicted? (in my country France, you can have a substitute given to you by the state for some drugs). Until what point is it legal (as how much can one have on himself before it is consider too much...) Also a bit more number would have been better than focusing on one drug, like showing a chart with the estimate number of the most consumes drugs before and after the law. Thanks for the work nonetheless. (not my primary language sorry for the probable broken English)

[@bcarvalho666]

They but it from dealers, the main question here is that's a certain amount you can have in your possession that is legal and called for personal use, above that quantities is a crime and you go arrested for sure, so if you are caught selling is a crime e are get caught buying a small quantity for personal use you are directed to a team of health professionals to try to help you out (the problem about addiction recovery is the must want to change and be helped and that's sometimes a problem). Teams in the streets give methadone for control privation synthoms, or hangovers, that does not make them clean, just make them safer and healthier, also there's teams and places that gives seringes, that grab used ones from using spots. The problem with some drugs are that they are a gateway for another big problem in Portugal that is alcohol, that's a powerful drug that's completely legal, and not very much controlled. So total legalization could be a good measure, but we have to do it slowly. The decriminalization was a huge win and a shift, users and seen as sick people because addiction is a disease. That's makes them human. Proud of my country in this matter. The Philipine way is pure insanity. Proudly in recovery now, but as I said my only drug was alcohol.

[@fredericocr1]

Good account of Portugal's history. I came of age in that era and saw many friends fall in the heroin trap. Many gone. And although the next generation also went heavy on the drug train, it was mostly coke, mdma and so. But they didn't sleep on the street and fewer overdosed. There's many flaws in the Portuguese system, but most professionals that work in the system adjust it to a reasonable point.

[@johncarter1288]

I lived close to Casal Ventoso in my teens in early 90´s. Was a really horrible view passing there, still remember a addict shooting in the neck cause had no more room on the rest of the body. :(

[@grantjohnston7148]

Incarceration for drugs is a much bigger crime than doing any drugs ! And the war on drugs amounts to nothing short of crimes against humanity.

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

3:13 this is who all nations should treat drug addiction with compassion.

[@gtbones]

Two very different approaches to dealing with drugs and addiction in two very different countries. Very eye opening!! IMO drug addiction needs to be understood as a mental health issue not a criminal issue. And not simply an individual's health issue...the result of a weak character or circumstances unique to a particular individual, but a systemic problem. When so many people are addicted then it's a reflection of a larger societal issue...it's no longer simply about poor decisions by an individual. If you have an aquarium full of fish and you notice a significant number of them are sick and dying the first thing you do is check the health of the water. You don't look at individual fish as the source of the problem. You look at the common denominator, the environment that they all share. Even a child who keeps an aquarium understands the wisdom of this.

[@explic2436]

I wish it was explained in more detail Portugal's approach. Because it really does sound crazy when we say to a foreigner that the government supplies drug addicts with clean syringes. I was born in 95. In 2001 I was 6. so since I can comprehend what drugs are that it's been like this and only as an adult I discovered that Portugal was the only country where people don't go to jail. And it's CRAZY to me. I am aware that in the 80s and 90s the drug problem was huge with the influence of the english music scene for example. But nowadays it's rare that I see a drug addict. Even in the big cities. Which is amazing when you think about it.

[@Chickenfanatic713]

This is really an interesting comparison both sides of this battle to save humanity from drugs.

[@BothHands1]

thank you for finally doing this video!!! i've been posting about portugal's strategy on basically every video you've done about drugs for the last year. imprisonment is immensely expensive, and costs the tax payers dearly. each person needs not only housing and food, but also staff to be on guard and run the complex 24/4. it's not efficient. and worst of all, it doesn't rehabilitate users, but rather makes them more likely to use the minute they get out. it's a broken system that's only kept alive by the for-profit prison lobby. you can spend 1/2 as much money on treatment, and actually rehabilitate these people, get them back into the world as productive members of society who pay taxes, rather than draining our tax money to put into the pockets of these for-profit prison CEO's pockets. not only that, but helping people to use safely means no overdoses from random fentanyl cut drugs, and far less HIV and hepatitis, which reduces the strain on our medical system. it saves money and lives. there is absolutely zero reason to not pick up this model. it's the most utilitarian, keeps the most people safe, reduces robberies and violent crime and overdoses and strain on the healthcare system. and it just costs less than putting people in jail, while also rehabilitating them so they pay taxes instead of using taxes. why has no one else picked up this model yet? it's ridiculous. it's all the for-profit prison lobbies who pay the politicians billions of dollars during election cycles so they can keep filling their jails with inmates so they can make more money. and these lobbies will give money to media companies too, "encouraging" them to talk about drug use as a moral failing, rather than an issue of circumstance and psychological disorders. so they keep the public on their side, without the public really even knowing what they're supporting. aside from that, decriminalization would be a massive hit to the profits of the gangs and smugglers in south america, who will no longer find it profitable to traffic drugs, because people can get cheaper, purer, pharmaceutical grade drugs in america without having to deal with shady cartels. it would stop people fleeing over our southern border, because the cartels would fall apart without their main source of income. then mexico and south and central america can become more productive members of our trade agreement, having the resources to industrialize more and provide goods at a cheaper price without forcing us to rely on china. there is literally no down side. to anyone. not one single down side.

[@fenrirab620]

Decriminalized ALL DRUGS? Even Crystal meth & heroin? What about those rape drugs?

[@xzcsdf9574]

Fenrir AB I suggest you listen to the Joe Rogan podcast with Dr Carl Hart, there are a total of 2 episodes

[@fenrirab620]

@@xzcsdf9574 ill give it a go. Is it recent? But just so you know, one countries issue is NOT the responsible of others. Sure they can suggest all they want but each country is a sovereign nation. Let your nation handle your OWN problem and let others handle theirs. That's why they have their own leaders. This is why USA have a bad rep amongst other nation because they try to dictate what's 'good for them'

[@xzcsdf9574]

@@fenrirab620 He says the opposite and that the US should follow the ideas of other countries. He makes a point that countries that follow what they're being told from the US model tend to not do so well; The full podcast will give you a better idea

[@fenrirab620]

@@xzcsdf9574 cool sounds like something i'll enjoy

[@throwsticks66]

Damn OG Vice back. More content like this pleaseee.

[@n00n1n]

That dude lighting up a joint with the President of Uruguay was pretty cool.

[@lilmix18]

Wish yall would link the videos in the description VICE!!!!

[@weztciide619]

Anybody know what this song in the back is called? 9:15

[@thegrimreaper156]

PORTUGAL cuaralho!

[@raquelnunes9793]

Abreu mesmo soce ahah eu lembro me de ver tv quando era crianca e ver historias sobre historias de overdoses de heroina... fds era pesado.

[@eljona1665]

Raquel Nunes oi bb

[@caocheranofarinha]

E noix kralho 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@jai_owo]

why u colonize us :(((

[@nihilisticbarbie]

@@jai_owo ermmm you're gonna have to go back 500 years and ask the colonizers

[@ATrashStudio]

“Do you mind if I do a jay” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 this dude doesn’t smoke

[@lexus_is300f5]

This guy is really good at doing this documentary things

[@e2bny]

"mind if I do a J?" lmao

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@5345dhk]

At 5.05 I thought of Cheech and Chong, "That ain't a joint man, its a toothpick!" No wonder the old guy was laughing.

[@NBAsportsmuseum]

Mabuhay!!!! Philippines !!! 🇵🇭