Portugal's plan to decriminalize all drugs is often cited by American proponents as a blueprint to handle addiction, but drug use and overdoses have only spiked in recent years.
Falmouth Officials Holding Opioid Addiction Forum - Falmouth, MA - The forum will discuss best practices for handling drug addiction. It will feature a Portuguese doctor who helped create its drug policy.
FALMOUTH – After a year of increased opioid overdose deaths in Massachusetts, first responders, healthcare workers, policy makers, law enforcement, researchers and other community shareholders will come together June 5 in a virtual “Falmouth Forum on Opioids and Overdose” to discuss and educate the public about innovative approaches to help ameliorate the effects of this crisis and related policies.
Special guest will be Dr. João Goulão, Portugal’s Director General of the Service for Intervention on Addictive Behaviors and Dependencies, who has been recognized for global leadership in helping to improve the opioid crisis in his country over the past 20-plus years.