[benbreen]

I lived in Portugal for a year back in 2011-12. It's true that they've decriminalized drugs (and that society didn't break down) but I was struck by how often I still witnessed drug dealers getting busted by police. Almost invariably, the people getting arrested and hassled were recent immigrants from places like Brazil, Mozambique, or Angola. It made me sad to see how the racial differences in drug law enforcement in the US still seemed to be present there, despite the more enlightened policies overall (i.e., if I, a white guy, were loitering on a corner selling hash, I very much doubt I'd have gotten approached by cops).

[coldtea]

>It's true that they've decriminalized drugs (and that society didn't break down) but I was struck by how often I still witnessed drug dealers getting busted by police.

Decriminalizing drug use and possession is not the same as decriminalizing drug trade. Have they done the former or the latter too?