Items tagged with decriminalization
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| Surge in imprisonment for drug offenses raises questions over decriminalization law [11.11.2015] | A report by the Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law (Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho - CEDD), reveals that the number of people imprisone ... |
| Ruling in Mexico sets into motion legal marijuana [04.11.2015] | The Supreme Court opened the door to legalizing marijuana, delivering a pointed challenge to Mexico’s strict substance abuse laws and adding its weig ... |
| UN agency urged to publish leaked paper backing drug legalisation [21.10.2015] | Delegates at the 2015 Harm Reduction Conference in Malaysia called on the United Nations drugs agency to officially release a leaked paper detailing ... |
| The truth behind the UNODC's leaked decriminalisation paper [20.10.2015] | The UN Office on Drugs and Crime has responded to the 'leak' of its paper calling for the decriminalisation of drug possession for personal use. The ... |
| UN attempt to decriminalise drugs foiled [19.10.2015] | A paper from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has been withdrawn after pressure from at least one country. The document, which was leaked, re ... |
| UN poised to call for decriminalisation of drugs, says Richard Branson [19.10.2015] | The United Nations is on the verge of issuing a call for all governments to decriminalise the possession and use of all drugs, according to businessm ... |
| Steep fall in cannabis offences points to silent relaxation of drugs policy [17.10.2015] | The number of cannabis possession offences in England and Wales has plummeted since 2011 as forces divert shrinking budgets into tackling more seriou ... |
| La consommation de cannabis désormais passible d'une simple amende [16.10.2015] | Le décret d'application de la transaction pénale ouvre la possibilité aux policiers de proposer une amende aux auteurs de petits délits, comme la con ... |
| Why did Ecuador toughen up drug laws? [02.10.2015] | Ecuador's Congress approved tougher penalties for small-time drug traffickers, an about-face from a more liberal policy which may have been prompted ... |
| Cannabis policy in the Czech Republic [31.08.2015] | The Czech drug related legislation is quite extensive and includes laws as well as various by-laws. The most important feature of the Czech legislati ... |
| Landmark case in Brazil to test hard-line 'war on drugs' [21.08.2015] | Brazil’s Supreme Court began hearing a landmark drug case that could change how drug users are punished. Conviction as a "user" in Brazil leads to a ... |
| Brazil Supreme Court debates decriminalization of drugs [18.08.2015] | Brazil's Supreme Court began debating a drug case that could lead to the decriminalization of possession for personal use in the South American count ... |
| Majority of Canadians support decriminalizing marijuana: poll [18.08.2015] | More Canadians than ever support decriminalizing marijuana, according to a new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Global News. Ipsos found 65 per cent ... |
| Chile considers cannabis decriminalization [17.08.2015] | With its proposed changes to Ley 20.000 (Law 20,000), Chile joins a growing list of Latin American countries decriminalizing marijuana. The initiativ ... |
| Case of prisoner caught with 3 grams of marijuana guides definition of drug possession in Brazil [11.08.2015] | A marijuana case from July 2009 inside the provisional detention center of Diadema (SP) will guide the STF's (Supreme Court) verdict which will decid ... |
| Colombia decriminalizes marijuana cultivation up to 20 plants [11.08.2015] | Colombia’s Supreme Court ruled that growing up to 20 plants of marijuana is not a crime. The possession of small amounts of the drug had already been ... |
| Tories' false claims about pot laws put youth at risk: drug policy centre [11.08.2015] | Conservative Leader Stephen Harper has made Canada’s approach to marijuana laws an election issue, contrasting his government’s tough approach agains ... |
| Brazil may decriminalize drug possession [10.08.2015] | Brazil can match to other countries in South America that decriminalized the illegal drugs possession and show more tolerance for the consumption and ... |
| Cannabis in Berlin: Illegal...or not? [07.08.2015] | In Germany the possession of cannabis is illegal. Even small amounts are prosecuted, but charges are usually dropped. The definition of this "small a ... |
| State of the Evidence: Cannabis Use and Regulation [31.07.2015] | As more and more jurisdictions reconsider their cannabis policies, the public discourse is filled with conflicting evidence about the impacts of cann ... |
| Decriminalise cannabis; consider its commercial benefits - Akrasi-Sarpong [28.07.2015] | Yaw Akrasi-Sarpong, Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board, called for an open debate with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), to join in ... |
| IDPC recommendations for the "ZERO DRAFT" of the UNGASS outcome document [22.07.2015] | Preparations are gathering pace for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs, to be held on the 19th to 21st April 2016 ... |
| SPD und Grüne für entspanntes Kiffen [21.07.2015] | Cannabis-Konsum milder bestrafen oder gleich ganz legalisieren: In den Bundesländern mehren sich die Rufe nach einem liberaleren Umgang. Baden-Württe ... |
| Kiffer sollen wie Falschparker bestraft werden [21.07.2015] | Hamburgs Justizsenator Till Steffen (Grüne) will das Kiffen zu einer Ordnungswidrigkeit herabstufen. "Es wäre wie beim Falschparken. Da kann abgewoge ... |
| Police force gives cannabis users green light to grow drugs [21.07.2015] | Durham Police has given users the green light to grow cannabis at home after declaring that officers will no longer proactively target small scale pr ... |
| Chile takes step toward cannabis decriminalisation [08.07.2015] | Chile has taken a step forward in decriminalising the use of cannabis after the lower house of congress approved by a wide margin a bill that seeks t ... |
| None but ourselves can 'free' the weed [04.07.2015] | Traditional small ganja farmers in Jamaica, accustomed to clandestinely working their fields, will now have to adhere to strict regulations in order ... |
| Public to have say on legality of drugs [03.07.2015] | The Irish public is being invited to have a say in what is thought to be the country’s first official examination of the decriminalisation of drugs f ... |
| Cultivating alternatives: Towards a regional cannabis model [14.06.2015] | The decriminalization and regulation of cannabis has been occurring in many jurisdictions in the United States – but also closer to home and more sig ... |
| Drug policy and incarceration in São Paulo, Brazil [14.06.2015] | This briefing paper analyses the impact of drug policy on incarceration in São Paulo (Brazil), based on information collected among 1,040 people caug ... |
| The seven steps of drug policy reform in Ecuador [09.06.2015] | Ecuador has entered a new era in drug policy and legislation. Twenty-five years after the last major legal reform, brought about by the famed Narcoti ... |
| Companies urged to review drug testing policies to fit with ganja reform [08.06.2015] | Justice Minister Mark Golding is advising employers to review their drug-testing policies to fall in line with the new regulations that now govern th ... |
| Why hardly anyone dies from a drug overdose in Portugal [04.06.2015] | Portugal decriminalized the use of all drugs in 2001. Weed, cocaine, heroin, you name it -- Portugal decided to treat possession and use of small qua ... |
| Lawmakers have high hopes for cannabis decriminalization [03.06.2015] | Newly proposed legislation could see Israel decriminalize cannabis for recreational use. Under the move spearheaded by freshman MK Yinon Magal (Jewis ... |
| Ganja law needs police support, says Golding [30.05.2015] | Minister of Justice Senator Mark Golding, says that the success of recent changes to the Dangerous Drugs Act, accommodating decriminalising possessio ... |
| Latin America rethinks drug policies [26.05.2015] | During the 1980s and 1990s, as the United States battled the scourge of cocaine throughout the hemisphere, Washington did most of the talking. Latin ... |
| Women Behind Bars [19.05.2015] | Across Latin America, the effects of disproportionate punishment for low-level, non-violent drug offenses are particularly severe for women. To shed ... |
| Time has come to re-examine cannabis prohibition, Israel's police chief says [12.05.2015] | The cause of marijuana legalization received a boost from an unlikely source, when Israel Police Insp.-Gen. Yohanan Danino said it is time for the go ... |
| Legalise cannabis in Luxembourg? [10.05.2015] | Luxembourg's Parliament is to debate the decriminalisation of consumption of cannabis, the health minister said while outlining a new drug prevention ... |
| Revised ganja law fundamental and far reaching — Bunting [10.05.2015] | National Security Minister Bunting says amendments to the Dangerous Drugs Act, resulting in decriminalisation of specified quantities of ganja, are " ... |
| Technical Report on Alternatives to Incarceration for Drug-Related Offenses [22.04.2015] | Convinced that responses to the drug problem should be comprehensive, centering on public health and human rights perspectives, the Government of Col ... |
| The path to legalizing marijuana in Chile [19.04.2015] | Chile’s Congressional Health Committee approved a bill that would modify the country’s current drug law, known as Law 20,000. The bill would allow up ... |
| Cannabis-Klubs in Schweizer Städten in weiter Ferne [11.04.2015] | In den Schweizer Städten wird Cannabis ungehemmt konsumiert. Die Städte möchten deshalb Pilotversuche für einen kontrollierten Konsum in Klubs. Doch ... |
| US president cautions against hopes of ganja legalisation [10.04.2015] | President Barack Obama cautioned persons who have hopes of marijuana being legalised, as he explained the difference between legalisation and decrimi ... |
| Confusion reigns over alcohol, hashish notification [09.04.2015] | Pakistan’s prohibition laws — introduced in 1977 by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and later amended by General Ziaul Haq under The Prohibition (Enforcement of ... |
| Chile opens debate on marijuana bill [07.04.2015] | Chile's congressional health committee approved a bill that would legalize the cultivation of marijuana for private recreational or medicinal use, se ... |
| Kratom criminalisation successfully shelved in Malaysia [02.04.2015] | The increasingly widespread use of ketum (or kratom) in Malaysia earlier this year prompted the Ministry of Home Affairs to lead a push to schedule i ... |
| Governor General gives assent, 'Ganja law' now in effect [30.03.2015] | Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has given his assent to the Bill amending the Dangerous Drugs Act, making possession of two or less ounces of ganj ... |
| Labour's 'appalling gutter politics' on drugs [30.03.2015] | Campaigners for a more evidence-based drug policy are horrified. "It’s a classic and appalling example of gutter politics,” says Martin Jelsma, Direc ... |
| Cannabis ban is elitist. It should go: Tathagata Satpathy [28.03.2015] | BJD chief whip in Lok Sabha (India's lower house in parliament) Tathagata Satpathy recently admitted on social media that he smoked cannabis in his y ... |
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