Items tagged with decriminalization
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Summit of the Americas agree war on drugs a failure [15.04.2012] | This weekend’s Summit of the Americas did not produce a joint communiqué charting the future of the hemisphere, but the 31 leaders agreed on one thin ... |
At summit, drug talk likely to be hot but hidden [13.04.2012] | As the hemisphere’s leaders gather in Colombia this week for the VI Summit of the Americas, their on-camera discussions will be dominated by perennia ... |
Latin American countries pursue alternatives to U.S. drug war [09.04.2012] | When President Obama arrives in Colombia for a hemispheric summit this weekend, he will hear Latin American leaders say that the U.S.-orchestrated wa ... |
'War on drugs' has failed, say Latin American leaders [08.04.2012] | A historic meeting of Latin America's leaders, to be attended by Barack Obama, will hear serving heads of state admit that the war on drugs has been ... |
Time for Obama to join the debate over the failed war on drugs [08.04.2012] | All wars end. Eventually. Even the war on drugs – resilient for so long – is starting to show signs of exhaustion. It is 42 years since President Nix ... |
Drugs war 'a failure' that bred criminals [02.04.2012] | Foreign Affairs Minister, Bob Carr, is among a group of prominent Australians who said the ''war on drugs'' is a failure. ''The prohibition of illici ... |
U.S. Facing Bold New Calls for “Drug War” Alternatives [02.04.2012] | At a poorly attended summit of Central American leaders, President Otto Perez Molina of Guatemala reiterated calls for the decriminalization of recre ... |
Central American drug summit inconclusive [24.03.2012] | A conclave of Central American presidents meeting in Guatemala to discuss a major overhaul of their drug laws — including legalization or decriminali ... |
Cannabis: Legal high [23.03.2012] | The police and the courts can neither keep up with the surge in small-scale production, nor are they desperately keen to do so. Last month the govern ... |
Attorney tells more Colorado medical pot centers to close [22.03.2012] | Colorado's top federal prosecutor has ordered 25 medical marijuana shops located near schools to close in an escalating pot clampdown, as the state g ... |
Guatemalan president leads drug legalization debate [22.03.2012] | On the campaign trail, Otto Perez Molina vowed to rule his country with an iron fist. The retired general said he would send troops into the streets ... |
'This Debate Will No Longer be Suppressed' [09.03.2012] | Latin American leaders are increasingly speaking out against prohibition. And public opinion in America, especially when it comes to legalizing pot, ... |
Bid to have pot smokers fined not prosecuted [06.03.2012] | Parliament has launched a new attempt to decriminalise the consumption of cannabis, four years after voters rejected a proposal for the full legalisa ... |
Whither a Progressive Pot Policy? [01.03.2012] | Cannabis has been taking centre stage in recent weeks. Former attorneys-general and Vancouver mayors in British Columbia have called for regulation a ... |
U.S. officials tell Tories war on drugs has failed [22.02.2012] | A high-profile group of current and former U.S. law enforcement officials has written to the Conservative government with a surprising message: Take ... |
Opinion | Is it okay if we sell joints? [16.02.2012] | The City Council will soon be sending a letter to the justice minister, Morten Bødskov (Socialdemokraterne). It might be formulated a little more for ... |
Guatemala president weighs drug legalization, blames US for not reducing consumption [14.02.2012] | U.S. inability to cut illegal drug consumption leaves Guatemala with no option but to consider legalizing the use and transport of drugs, President O ... |
Legalised cannabis? [10.02.2012] | A political majority at Copenhagen Town Hall is pushing for cannabis to be decriminalised. In a joint letter, four out of five local politicians have ... |
'Soft drug' legalization law may be withdrawn [02.02.2012] | Greece may withdraw a bill allowing the possession of small amounts of 'soft' drugs for personal use because of opposition from two parties that supp ... |
Leftists suggest legal cannabis clubs [25.01.2012] | Germany’s socialist Left party is calling an expert hearing on “legalizing cannabis through the introduction of cannabis clubs” in the German parliam ... |
Cannabis taxation: a win-win all round, Richard Branson tells MPs [24.01.2012] | The market for cannabis in Britain should be regulated and taxed, and responsibility for drug policy moved from the Home Office to the health departm ... |
It’s time to end the failed war on drugs [23.01.2012] | After 50 years of the failed drug war, it is time for today’s leaders to find the courage to speak out. For all the successes I’ve had in business, I ... |
Copenhagen wants controlled cannabis shops [09.01.2012] | The Copenhagen City Council is pushing ahead with a proposal to decriminalise cannabis, and has set up a committee to investigate the best way to reg ... |
Drugs bill goes to Parliament [09.01.2012] | Draft legislation that foresees the decriminalization of the possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use but the leveling of criminal ch ... |
Towards a smarter drugs policy [06.01.2012] | The loudest voices in US drug policy debates call either for enforcing prohibition with ever-increasing ferocity or for giving up altogether by letti ... |
A resounding success or a disastrous failure [05.01.2012] | Two observers and scholars of the 2001 Portuguese drug policy reform consider divergent accounts of the reform which viewed it as a ‘resounding succe ... |
Drug Policy in the Andes [15.12.2011] | Fifty years after signing the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and 40 years after the U.S. government declared a "war on drugs," ma ... |
Sanctionner l'usage de stupéfiants par une contravention? [06.12.2011] | Actuellement, l'usage de stupéfiants est puni d'une amende maximale de 3 750 euros et d'un an d'emprisonnement. Une proposition de loi, adoptée le 7 ... |
The politics of pot [01.12.2011] | Polls show overwhelming support for amending the laws. In fact, 50 percent of Americans—the largest portion ever recorded—now favor legalizing mariju ... |
It's time to end the phoney war on drugs [29.11.2011] | We are supposedly engaged in a "war on drugs." What war on drugs? A phoney war, because it provokes that which it proclaims to repress. Take three co ... |
Portugal and the drug war [23.11.2011] | Portuguese drug policy and the drug treatment system are not without challenges and problems. No system is perfect and operates within a constantly c ... |
Legal marijuana gets one step closer [21.11.2011] | A committee has now been established to determine the best way to legalise the sale of hashish, with special stores owned by the council presenting i ... |
Extraordinary General Assembly of Cannabis Users Association Pannagh [19.11.2011] | The General Assembly of Cannabis Users Association Pannagh denounces the disproportionate intervention of the Municipal Police of Bilbao against the ... |
Why is it only 'formers' who want to talk about drugs? [17.11.2011] | Former head of MI5 Eliza Manningham-Buller today joins an increasingly long list of "formers" and "exes" who have publicly condemned the so-called "W ... |
Ex-head of MI5 calls on government to decriminalise and regulate cannabis [17.11.2011] | The former head of MI5 believes the "war on drugs" has proved fruitless and it is time to consider decriminalising the possession and use of small qu ... |
Swiss cannabis smokers will be allowed to grow four marijuana plants each [17.11.2011] | Cannabis smokers in Switzerland will soon be allowed to grow up to four marijuana plants each at home to stop them buying drugs on the black market. ... |
Minister considers Portuguese drugs strategy [04.11.2011] | Junior Health Minister Roisin Shortall, who is in charge of Ireland’s drugs strategy, said she had an "open mind" in relation to Portugal’s model. Sh ... |
Decriminalize pot, aldermen urge — but mayor says not so fast [02.11.2011] | Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday he would not be rushed into decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana because doing so creates its o ... |
Cash-strapped Chicago mulls easing marijuana law [02.11.2011] | Alderman Danny Solis introduced an ordinance to the City Council that would make possession of small amounts of marijuana a ticketable offense with a ... |
The punishment must fit the crime, even for drug users [02.11.2011] | The case of the Australian boy arrested on drug charges in Bali offers the opportunity to review our nation's own response to drug use, both here and ... |
Chicago’s pot dilemma: Should marijuana users just be ticketed? [01.11.2011] | Last year, Chicago Police officers arrested more than 23,000 people on misdemeanor marijuana charges, and most of those cases were dropped. From 2006 ... |
Justice Dept. memo writer is mum on pot crackdown [26.10.2011] | A high-ranking U.S. Justice Department official who wrote a memo saying state medical marijuana laws do not provide immunity from federal prosecution ... |
Ecuador to Debate Decriminalization [24.10.2011] | Proposed changes to Ecuador's penal code would decriminalize possession of drugs for personal use, including up to 10 grams of marijuana and hashish, ... |
Editorial: Feds' pot crackdown bad medicine [21.10.2011] | In the design of America's founders, the states are supposed to be centers of democratic experiment. They're not supposed to be uniform. For example, ... |
It's Time For A New Approach To Policies Involving Illegal Drugs [19.10.2011] | Should drugs be decriminalized? That this question is still being kicked around after decades of debate through the war on drugs is indicative of how ... |
California's Coming Crackdown on Pot: What Do You Do if You Need It? [19.10.2011] | Four California-based U.S. attorneys have announced their intent to prosecute the medical-marijuana dispensaries, growers and delivery services that ... |
Home Office rejects decriminalising possession of drugs for personal use [14.10.2011] | The Home Office has quickly rejected a call from the government's official drug advisers to decriminalise the personal possession of all illegal drug ... |
Drug law reform in Greece [06.10.2011] | On August 2, 2011 the Minister of Justice presented to the Committee on Social Affairs of the Greek Parliament the changes proposed by the legislativ ... |
Counting the Costs of Archaic Drug Policies and Strategies in Southern Africa [27.09.2011] | In June 2011, fifty years after the initiation of the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and forty years after former US President Nixon launched ... |
Lib Dems vote overwhelmingly to set up panel to consider decriminalising drugs [18.09.2011] | The Liberal Democrat party conference have voted to establish a panel to consider decriminalising the use of all drugs. The panel would also consider ... |
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