https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1464837 "drug-related pathologies — such as sexually transmitted diseases and deaths due to drug usage — have decreased dramatically. Drug policy experts attribute those positive trends to the enhanced ability of the Portuguese government to offer treatment programs to its citizens — enhancements made possible, for numerous reasons, by decriminalization."
from the guardian article
"Portugal has seen dramatic drops in overdoses, HIV infection and drug-related crime."
Problematic according to people dieing.
Isn't getting the number of people dieing and getting diseases decreasing far more important than a rise in drug use?