Portugal is the first country that has decriminalized the use of all drugs, to positive results. Anyone caught with any type of drug in Portugal, if it is for personal consumption, will not be imprisoned. Spain and Italy have since followed Portugal's example.stimates about the size of the international drug market range from $300â$500 billion, making up approximately 0.5% of global trade. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated that in 2010, the international drug market has a value of over $300 billion.
High-speed trains include connections between the main Italian cities. These trains reach speeds up to 300 km/h and do not make many, if any, intermediate stops. Trenitalia names its high-speed trains frecce (arrow): Frecciarossa and Frecciargento.
Todayâs bullet trains can top 300 mph. When Englishman Richard Trevithick launched the first practical steam locomotive in 1804, it averaged less than 10 mph. Today, several high-speed rail lines are regularly travelling 30 times as fast. When Japanâs first Shinkansen or âbullet trains,â opened to coincide with the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, they were capable of running at speeds in excess of 130 mph.