Items tagged with decriminalization
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| Fear and loathing surrounds decriminalisation [18.06.2011] | "The war on drugs has failed," said a recent report compiled by the Global Commission on Drug Policy, which comprised a former UN secretary-general, ... |
| The Global Commission: breaking the Vienna Consensus [07.06.2011] | TNI has been closely involved with the Global Commission on Drug Policy which presented its report in New York on June 2. Some years ago we published ... |
| Supply and demand [02.06.2011] | Narcotics liberalisation was once the cause of freethinkers and hippies. Now a more sober bunch is criticising the “war on drugs”. On June 2nd the Glo ... |
| War on drugs not working, says global commission [02.06.2011] | The global war on drugs has failed and governments should explore legalising marijuana and other controlled substances, according to a commission tha ... |
| Decriminalise possession of drugs, celebrities urge government [02.06.2011] | Dame Judi Dench, Sir Richard Branson, and Sting have joined an ex-drugs minister and three former chief constables in calling for the decriminalisati ... |
| Panel Calls War on Drugs a Failure [02.06.2011] | As spiraling drug violence kills thousands in Mexico and police battle gangs for control of Brazil's drug-infested slums, an international panel has c ... |
| Global Commission on Drug Policy Report [02.06.2011] | The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world. Fifty years after the initiation of ... |
| High-profile panel urges non-criminal approach to world drug policy [01.06.2011] | Calling the global war on drugs a costly failure, a group of high-profile world leaders is urging the Obama administration and other governments to en ... |
| Response from IDPC to the Sentencing Council for England and Wales Consultation on the Drug Offences Guideline [01.06.2011] | The Sentencing Council for England and Wales initiated a consultation process in order to produce definitive sentencing guidelines for drugs offences ... |
| Pot Penalties May Be Modernized [18.05.2011] | Sponsored by San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, AB 1017 aims to give prosecutors more discretion in how they charge weed growers and processors, ... |
| Delaware governor signs bill making it the 16th state to legalize medical marijuana [13.05.2011] | Gov. Jack Markell has signed legislation making Delaware the 16th state to allow the use of medical marijuana. The new law allows people 18 and older ... |
| Controlling and Regulating Drugs [03.05.2011] | The New Zealand Law Commission was asked to address the efficacy of the Misuse of Drugs Act in reducing the demand for, and supply of, drugs prohibit ... |
| Review drags drug law into 21st Century [03.05.2011] | New Zealand’s 35-year-old Misuse of Drugs Act should be consigned to the rubbish heap of history and replaced with a modern, flexible, health-focusse ... |
| Federal prosecutors step into debate over medical marijuana, warn of potential criminal cases [03.05.2011] | Several states have started reassessing their medical marijuana laws after stern warnings from the federal government that everyone from licensed gro ... |
| The Obama Administration’s drug control policy on auto-pilot [29.04.2011] | In a widely watched You Tube video, U.S. President Barack Obama is asked whether or not the drug war may in fact be counterproductive. Instead of the ... |
| It's Time for Drug Policy Reform in Poland! [21.04.2011] | In the year 2000, Poland amended its criminal legislation on drug possession. As a result, any person possessing even the smallest amount of an illeg ... |
| Jamaica panel to review pot decriminalization [13.04.2011] | Top government officials will review recommendations to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal and religious use in Jama ... |
| Drug sentencing public consultation launched [28.03.2011] | A public consultation on the sentencing of drugs offenders in England and Wales has been launched. The consultation, launched by the Sentencing Counc ... |
| A sensible approach to marijuana legalization that protects young people [27.03.2011] | The marijuana-legalization debate can too quickly become polarized. Guest columnist Roger Roffman argues that both sides need to tone down the rhetor ... |
| The future of Dutch cannabis policy [14.03.2011] | The municipality of the Dutch city of Utrecht recently announced two scientific experiments on cannabis policy. One experiment will be to set up a cl ... |
| INCB Report: mixed thoughts [02.03.2011] | Today the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) released its annual report. I’ve been following the Board for many, many years now, have often ... |
| The Prospects for Drug Reform: California [09.02.2011] | The West Coast is a different world when it comes to progress on drug policy reform. Three of the four states most likely to see strong pushes for ma ... |
| The development of international drug control [01.02.2011] | The emergence of more pragmatic and less punitive approaches to the drugs issue may represent the beginning of change in the current global drug cont ... |
| Time to decriminalise drugs? [01.02.2011] | The drug trade has increased globally in intensity and reach, and substance abuse in South Africa has escalated rapidly. Drug misuse is a major socia ... |
| Wash. politician proposes selling pot in liquor stores [29.01.2011] | A Washington State Democrat has introduced a bill to legalize marijuana and sell it in liquor stores. Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson filed House Bill 1550 o ... |
| Obama: Drugs Should Be Treated as "Public Health Problem" [28.01.2011] | In an online town hall session yesterday, U.S. President Barack Obama suggested that, while he is not in favor of drug legalization, he does believe ... |
| Latin American statesmen question drugs war strategy [27.01.2011] | Three former Latin American presidents have declared the US-led “war on drugs” a failure and called for new strategies focusing on treatment to repla ... |
| Personalities urge new ways to tackle drug abuse [25.01.2011] | A group set up by former Latin American leaders and personalities including Virgin chief Richard Branson on Monday recommended that consumers of illi ... |
| Towards a new drug policy [25.01.2011] | What are the benefits and risks of eliminating criminal penalties for marijuana possession for personal use? What are the risks and benefits of disti ... |
| TNI-EMCDDA Expert Seminar on Threshold Quantities [20.01.2011] | A wider trend for drug law reform is arising out of a felt need to make legislation more effective and more humane. Within this trend, a number of co ... |
| Drug experiment [16.01.2011] | Faced with both a public health crisis and a public relations disaster, Portugal’s elected officials took a bold step. They decided to decriminalize ... |
| Ending the futile war on drugs [27.12.2010] | The war on drugs is a lost war, and 2011 is the time to move away from a punitive approach in order to pursue a new set of policies based on public h ... |
| Portugal's drug policy pays off; US eyes lessons [26.12.2010] | The United States, which has waged a 40-year, $1 trillion war on drugs, is looking for answers in tiny Portugal, which is reaping the benefits of wha ... |
| Juries are giving pot defendants a pass [24.12.2010] | Prosecutors say they are increasingly mindful of as marijuana use wins growing legal and public tolerance: Some jurors may be reluctant to convict fo ... |
| All parties must see that the drugs war has failed [19.12.2010] | It is clearly expecting too much of Westminster that, when a recently retired cabinet minister calls for mature debate on drugs policy, a mature deba ... |
| What Can We Learn From The Portuguese Decriminalization of Illicit Drugs? [30.11.2010] | The issue of decriminalizing illicit drugs is hotly debated, but is rarely subject to evidence-based analysis. This paper examines the case of Portug ... |
| Portugal's Drug Experience: New Study Confirms Decriminalization Was a Success [23.11.2010] | From the perspective of drug warriors, the criminal laws against drug possession are all that protect Americans from a deluge of drugs, an orgy of ma ... |
| Proposition 19 Is a Vote Heard 'Round the World' [01.11.2010] | The world will be watching as Californians go to the polls on Tuesday and vote on Proposition 19, which would legalize and regulate marijuana in that ... |
| UN expert calls for a fundamental shift in global drug control policy [26.10.2010] | At a press conference in New York on Tuesday 26 October, 2010, at the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly, one of the UN’s key human ... |
| The drug legalization debate [17.10.2010] | Foreign minister Maria Angela Holguín’s statement of last Sunday 10 October is of great importance. According to this statement, Colombia should take ... |
| Portuguese priorities [11.10.2010] | In July 2001, the Portuguese government introduced Law 30, setting in train a radical new approach to illicit drug use. In practice, it decriminalise ... |
| Pot possession in Calif now like speeding ticket [01.10.2010] | A new law makes possessing up to an ounce of marijuana in California no more serious than getting a speeding ticket - a development both sides battli ... |
| Schwarzenegger signs bill reducing offense for marijuana possession [01.10.2010] | Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opposes Proposition 19, which would legalize the recreational use of marijuana, but he offered a consolation Thursday by s ... |
| Cuts prompt police to call for debate on drugs and redirect resources [18.09.2010] | One of Britain's most senior police officers has said youngsters caught carrying personal amounts of drugs such as cannabis should "not be criminalis ... |
| Weary of drug war, Mexico debates legalization [12.09.2010] | A debate about legalizing marijuana and possibly other drugs — once a taboo suggestion — is percolating in Mexico, a nation exhausted by runaway viol ... |
| Calif. to vote on legalizing marijuana [09.09.2010] | For those who have long argued that smoking marijuana should not be a crime, a potentially historic turning point is just weeks away. Voters in Calif ... |
| Can California's Legalization Battle Kick-Start a Movement for Change? [05.09.2010] | Drug prohibition is remarkably ineffective, costly and counter-productive -- it has cost people their lives, and put millions behind bars. Is the tid ... |
| What Britain could learn from Portugal's drugs policy [05.09.2010] | In the midst of the recently resurgent debate in Britain about whether our drug laws are working – or require a major overhaul – the experience of Po ... |
| Cannabis in Mexico [27.08.2010] | In August 2010, Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared that he would support a national debate on the issue of legalisation, reversing his previo ... |
| Prague high [24.08.2010] | Although the partial decriminalization of cannabis at the beginning of this year didn't transform the capital into the new Amsterdam, as some headlin ... |
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