www.eurodestination.com This is a stock video from Visit Portugal, the Portugese Tourist Board which gives an overview of the country in quite a cheesy way to be honest. I'm still waiting for my new camera to turn up so this is what I'm left with - publishing other people's videos!
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Portugal's maverick drug laws a credible global model? To see more go to www.youtube.com Follow us on Facebook (goo.gl or Twitter (www.twitter.com After suffering the highest instance of drug-related deaths in all Europe, Portugal took a brave decision and decriminalised all drugs. Ten years on, is it a success story for other nations to follow? On the streets of Lisbon drug users light up wherever they want. One police officer tells us the girl across the street is smoking crack. He complains, but few share his sentiment. "Considering drug users as criminals just because they are using drugs is not a very realistic approach", a Portuguese drug addiction officer argues. He has just had an interview with a sixteen-year-old boy caught smoking hashish. No punishment was handed out, just advice. In Portugal it's now seen as a health problem, rather than a criminal one. Brendan Hughes of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs says it is very difficult to analyse the success of the law. He points to one very interesting fact: "In 10 years of governments in Portugal, where they have changed from left to centre-right to left, back to centre-right, drugs have stayed off the agenda". Due to the economic crisis, funding for the rehabilitation of drug offenders is going to be very seriously hit. For Dr Goulao, the public face of the law, it comes at the worst possible time. "I believe that more people will turn to drugs and alcohol." A Film By SBS Distributed By Journeyman Pictures ...
Powered by www.eurovision.tv Impression of the first rehearsal of Filipa Sousa from Portugal. "I walk the streets of the city, old, dark, imperfect, There's a feeling of nostalgic kisses in the decorated city square..." These are the starting lines of the Portuguese song Vida Minha and to fit them on to the stage of the Baku Crystal Hall, they decorated the backdrop with the streets of Portugal.
Ten years ago, Portugal decriminalised the use of all drugs, from marijuana to heroin, but has it worked in tackling the country's drug problem? For more on David O'Shea's story, go to the SBS Dateline website... bit.ly
Read the blog: www.eurodestination.com We arrived in Portugal on a stormy day hoping that it would all clear so that we can come out with some decent images. The next morning Porto was enveloped by a thick sea mist which eventually cleared by about midday to expose Porto at its most beautiful. My luck with the weather continues. Sure enough on our day op departure it was heaving down with rain again.
More information about this programme: www.bbc.co.uk Homens da Luta sing "Luta e Alegria" as Portugal's entry in the first semi-final of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest
