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Portuguese news in English on Monday, September 4, 2023

New drug law approved by Constitutional Court and president

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has ticked off on the new drug law, after getting the seal of approval from the Constitutional Court, Lusa reports. The law decriminalises synthetic drugs — 23 years after the same was done for more traditional narcotics — and makes a new distinction between tra…