This week I have continued interviewing participants and staff members at the CDT in Lisbon. The quote in the title above was what one of the attendees to the CDT hearings told me as part of his reflecting on his experience about the process, shortly after his hearing. It refers to the provision of information about drugs and their use by the CDT staff to hearing attendees, as part of the process of assessment, guidance and/or (voluntary) treatment they undergo.
The interviews I have conducted with participants have given me a sense of what it feels like to be on the 'receiving' end of Portugal's system of dealing with the illegality of drug use through a health prism, and a person-centred, holistic one at that. It has also shed light on the negative experiences and the potential drawbacks of the current system.
The interviews I have conducted with participants have given me a sense of what it feels like to be on the 'receiving' end of Portugal's system of dealing with the illegality of drug use through a health prism, and a person-centred, holistic one at that. It has also shed light on the negative experiences and the potential drawbacks of the current system.