Portugal cut drug deaths by 80%, using free health care and addiction treatment. The U.S., meanwhile, focused on drug busts and tough crime laws. Overdose deaths keep rising catastrophically.
Portugal also doesn’t ban the use of Metamizole, an analgesic halfway between Paracetamol/acetaminophen and opioids.
In the US, it’s considered a “dangerous horse tranquilizer” with a 1.1 per million mortality rate. Meanwhile, opioids only have a 320 per million mortality… which apparently is just fine.
Portugal also doesn’t ban the use of Metamizole, an analgesic halfway between Paracetamol/acetaminophen and opioids.
In the US, it’s considered a “dangerous horse tranquilizer” with a 1.1 per million mortality rate. Meanwhile, opioids only have a 320 per million mortality… which apparently is just fine.