Despite criticism from other European nations, who stated Portugal's drug consumption would tremendously increase, overall drug use has declined along with the number of HIV infection cases, which had dropped 50 percent by 2009.
A pesar das críticas doutros países europeos, que declararon que o consumo de drogas en Portugal iría aumentar tremendamente, o uso de drogas entre os adolescentes caeu, xunto co número de casos de infección polo VIH, que caeu 50 por cento en 2009.