Thank you for the question. In fact, I do not agree. We are much more effective in reaching and helping people in this framework of decriminalization than before.
I must tell you that we lived for a long time under a dictatorship here in Portugal, during which people did not even approach treatment facilities because they were afraid to be referred to the police. In fact, decriminalization facilitated and made everything much smoother, with more dignity and a drop in stigma towards people who use drugs, so I consider that it was a very good step forward.