Mr. António Manuel Leitão da Silva:

No, the relationship between a police officer with someone who is deviating - I am not saying criminally deviating - is a question of confidence. That is something that is gained. It does not matter whether drug use is criminalised because we still have the same sources of information. We gain confidence from those on the ground and definitely,as drug users are not facing police officers as being the arrest officers, because they know we will not arrest them, it is probably much easier to get information.