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free education;
- increases access to education (poor and rich), foreigners can study in Slovenia for free too

- education system will prioritise students as there is no competition with other schools

- encourages them to put their focus on studies

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Drugs are treated as a health issue rather than a criminal offense. If caught in the possession of drugs, instead of serving time you will be fined or required to do community service. There is more emphasis on treatment rather than punishment.

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it is pretty insightful how, despite free education provided in universities, the quality of education is still relatively competitive (based on an American student's opinion, even better than in America). The university still provides over 100 courses, which shows that Slovenia focuses on providing both accessible & equal education opportunities for all.

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- college students have no debt because in Slovenia, it is free to go to universities
- American transfer students still have debt from their universities/ colleges back in America, but when they come to Slovenia they don't have to pay anything
- when the government imposed that students were to pay their tuition fees, students protested which resulted in the law being delayed and the government to collapse

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Free Education in Slovenian

Culture Differences between American and Slovenian:

Students in American who are unable to afford to pay off education debt finds it interesting that the college in Slovenian are free and they could get their education without the need to worry about the fees. The universities offered up to 100 courses that are taught in English so students are able to pursue their own interests to their likings. The tuition is free which also includes health insurance and medical examination.

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In Portugal, the war on drugs has ended which means that drugs are decriminalized. With this campaign led by the country, it has resulted in 0 people being thrown to jail for using drugs. Their ideology is that, if there is less people using drugs, there will be less people causing troubles for using drugs. Being said that, by not criminalizing and jailing abusers, this will lead to lesser drug usage.

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there is a trust system between law enforcement and the people that prevents bad (drug) behaviour. i think this approach is much better than ensuring that the law extends to cover every single action with a reward or punishment. since the portuguese people know that drugs can be used whenever they want, and that if it becomes a problem that harms them that they can receive treatment, it also becomes less of a "forbidden fruit".

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New insights about society
-Society accepts/ respects drug users and focus more on public care
Example from film: Taking drugs will not get you arrested and no one was caught using drugs in the past 15 years)

-Treat everyone equally
Example: Even if a black person was taking drug, he will not be arrested? No one (answer)

-Right to vote in elections
Example: Everyone in prison get the opportunity to vote and there are debates that occur in prison to allow prisoners to determine who to vote for

Culture of acceptance is widely present

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They treat drug abusers with a lot of care as they see the importance of treatment as opposed to punishment. They do not criminalize drug abusers and as a result drug usage declined. They keep certain rights for those in jail, such as voting rights.
They understand that when something is common and easy to get the demand and hype declines.

They treat citizens as "adult" rather than "children" in asian places