42aross, 3 months ago Portugal's overdose death rates are a tiny fraction of U.S. fatalities https://www.npr.org/2024/02/24/1230188789/portugal-drug-overdose-opioid-treatment > 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's overdose death rates are a tiny fraction of U.S. fatalities
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/24/1230188789/portugal-drug-overdose-opioid-treatment
> 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.
