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ALBUQUERQUE CRITICIZES THE TC AND WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES OF THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF SYNTHETIC DRUGS
Yolanda Chaves
Article | 29/08/2023 18:39
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Miguel Alberquerque considers the decriminalization of synthetic drugs "a mistake" with social consequences, for public health and a factor of "total demotivation" for judicial and police officers.
Asked to comment on the validation of the law that decriminalizes synthetic drugs, the president of the Regional Government accuses the Constitutional Court of having an "anti-autonomist" behavior, 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 is the criminalization of trafficking and what is mere consumption."
"How are they going to make the presumption of trafficking from a flagrante delicto? The individual can have 30/50 bags of product and will say that it is to be consumed at home ...", he says.
Although she was not heard, Miguel Albuquerque recalls that the Region made representations through the Legislative Assembly and its president.
The President of the Regional Government made these statements to journalists on a visit he made this afternoon to the premises of the company HSR Auto, recently installed in the Industrial Park of Santana.
When asked about the proposed sale of the Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital (HNM), Edgar Silva, Portuguese Labour Party (PTP) candidate, rebelled against the Regional Government decision, stating that the current hospital should be used as a "high-risk unit and as a back-up infrastructure to the new hospital."
It was confirmed later this evening that the Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça external consultation electronic scheduling system is now back online.
The resolution of the Council of Ministers approving the Action Plans under the National Strategy for Equality and Non-Discrimination - Portugal + Igual, for the period 2023-2026, was published today in the Official Gazette, the day it came into force.
Despite successive warnings about the imminent danger, several tourists were photographed today messing about in the Cascata dos Anjos, Ponta do Sol.
A man in his 30's was rescued by the Santana Volunteer Firefighters this morning at 09:52 while attempting the walk between Pico Ruivo and Pico do Areeiro.
The Health Service of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (SESARAM) has confirmed that there has been a partial recovery of the human resources management systems, pharmaceutical services, and supply database.
In a statement issued this afternoon, SESARAM warns its patients to be careful about being contacted by people posing as SESARAM employees asking questions about personal data, following the computer attack last Sunday.
On Sunday, the 6th of August the SESARAM-EPERAM computer system was the target of a cyberattack suspending all non-emergency clinical activities.
SESARAM has announced that from today, the 8th of August all hospitals, and health centres will return to normalcy.
SESARAM was unable to identify the cause of its Emergency Department system failure this morning, which caused chaos within the department.
Miguel Albuquerque, expressed his satisfaction this afternoon with the resolution of the Council of Ministers that will allow the proceeds from the sale of the Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospitial to reduce the region's debt to the state.
Infarmed has authorised the use of the medicine pembrolizumab for the treatment of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, metastatic colorectal cancer, persistent cervix, metastatic oesophagus, renal cell carcinoma in adults, and some cases of melanoma.
The Forest Police and the Volunteer Firefighters of São Vicente and Porto Moniz carried out a search and rescue operation this afternoon when two Czech tourists went missing.