Edited sentence: As in, price decrease, use increase, and an increase in dependency.Decriminalization is a highly effective method to reduce drug use, even though it seems counterintuitive.Decriminalization keeps families together, saves the government money, and most of all has proven itself as the most effective method in real life scenarios.Decriminalizing drugs opens new avenues for drug user rehabilitation.However, what is happening in Portugal paints a different story.It also gives family members of the drug user the ability to help them without giving them a criminal record.It is easy to think that decriminalization would be the inverse of the war on drugs.Many people can be quoted saying things like: decriminalization is only creating a safe haven for drug users.The results are actually quite the contrary.The users know that these rehabilitating institutes and the authorities are truly there to help them get better.Those who are addicted to drugs are able to come forward and get help much easier in decriminalized countries because they are not afraid of getting in trouble