Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Prospective client survey and participatory process ahead of opening a mobile drug consumption room in Lisbon

Hannah Taylor, Adriana Curado, Joana Brandão Tavares, Miguel P. Oliveira, D Gautier, João Santa Maria
Harm Reduction Journal Summary & key facts 2019 17 citations

In 2001 Portugal stopped treating small-scale drug possession as a criminal crime and moved to a health-led system that uses local panels, treatment offers, and harm-reduction services. Since then drug-related deaths fell and have stayed well below the EU average, fewer people are imprisoned for drug offences, HIV cases linked…

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