Rnz: Afternoons With Jesse Mulligan

A few weeks ago, Jesse spoke to University of Otago Professor Michael Baker who was part of a team of experts calling for the Misuse of Drugs act to be thrown out. They argue that rather than reducing drug-related harm, the 50-year-old act is "instead a major driver of harm". During that conversation the success of Portugal's' decision to decriminalise the possession of all drugs for personal use was discussed and it was clear from the messages we received that you wanted to hear more. We reached out to Steve Rolles who is a Senior Policy Analyst at Transform Drug Policy Foundation, he joined Jesse to discuss whether Portugal's drug law reform has been successful.