Last updated on 31st August 2023
Miguel Alberquerque considers the decriminalisation of synthetic drugs “a mistake” with social consequences, for public health and a “total demotivation” for judicial and police officers.
Asked to comment on the validation of the law that decriminalises synthetic drugs, the President of the Regional Government accuses the Constitutional Court of having an “anti-autonomist” behaviour, certain that “all the options and decisions it makes are eminently centralist and anachronistic.”
“Nothing surprises me. Anything that is against Madeira always comes from the Constitutional Court. Since the time of the Constitutional Commission, decisions have always been against Madeira. In this case, Madeira was not heard on a pertinent public health issue,” Albuquerque said.
According to the official, the new synthetic drugs law will create “serious difficulties” for health and justice agents, questioning how it will be possible to assess what constitutes as dealing or private consumption.”
Samantha Gannon
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