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I think there's a lot to like about Portugal's strategy, but IMO it's fair to hypothesize that it works well in part because the Portuguese just don't use a lot of drugs aside from cannabis, and traffickers are aggressively targeted and prosecuted.
Because treatment relies heavily on a pharmocological approach and very few of the country's drug users use stimulants, it's hard to say whether the same strategies would work for the US's meth problem. There is no "suboxone for meth." Treatment is much trickier.
Could it work for the US opioid crisis? I think so, if Americans were open to the idea of imposing sanctions on individuals without criminal proceedings. But barring that, just dramatically increasing the availability of suboxone treatment would be a *fantastic* idea.
Factor in all costs related to drug problems in society: Judicial, Police, Child Custody, Medical, etc. add to that the costs of state programs. Take that budget projected over period of time and disperse grants, i.e. make it profitable, for orgs to solve the problems
These incentives would create a wide range of services to best serve communities. Literally a bounty on every head you can get cleaned up and off the streets. We have no clue how ineffective and expensive dealing with these problems thru large bureaucracy
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