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The intensification and moralization of the “war on drugs”, which we easily associate with the 1980s in the United States, has had harmful effects that continue to this day. Portugal was not always on the sidelines of this “war” and managed, after several attempts, to bet on one of the most advanced policies of decriminalization and consumer deterrence in the world. Nevertheless, and already in 2021, the word “drugs”, in the plural, still seems to carry a negative symbolic charge. In an opinion piece for Observador, Miguel Carvalho Marques, Associate of the Technology, Media and Telecommunication department at CCA, talks about ASAE’s strict inspection with the economic agents who sell products under CBD design, even though the European Union regulation allows for the marketing of food products with a low value of THC.
"It remains to be seen whether the Portuguese War on Drugs is about to continue or whether ASAE will finally see such products as they should be - yet another result of food innovation serving the consumer", emphasizes Miguel Carvalho Marques.
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