Items tagged with decriminalization
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| It's drugs politics, not drugs policy, that needs an inquiry [16.10.2012] | What should be researched is not drugs policy but drugs politics, the hold that taboo has on those in power, and the thrall that rightwing newspapers ... |
| France’s Minister of Education favours cannabis decriminalisation [15.10.2012] | Speaking on radio France Inter, Vincent Peillon said, "This is a major issue. I now see almost every night on television reports of illicit trafficki ... |
| Decriminalise drug use, say experts after six-year study [15.10.2012] | A six-year study of Britain's drug laws by leading scientists, police officers, academics and experts has concluded it is time to introduce decrimina ... |
| B.C. favours sensible marijuana policy [05.10.2012] | Last week, delegates at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention voted in support of the decriminalization and taxation of marijuana. This vote wa ... |
| Amidst deep concern for Thailand's drug policies, some space for open debate [27.09.2012] | On 17th September, 2012, IDPC together with the Transnational Institute (TNI) held a high-level seminar in Bangkok co-hosted with the Thai Ministry o ... |
| B.C. municipal leaders vote to work toward decriminalizing marijuana [26.09.2012] | British Columbia’s municipal politicians, sensing shifting emotional attitudes towards marijuana and a possible major new revenue source, voted to lo ... |
| Pot decriminalization debated by B.C.'s municipal leaders [23.09.2012] | Former B.C. attorney general Geoff Plant said the debate comes as Washington looks at a tax and regulation plan, and this is an opportunity for a coo ... |
| Cannabis consumption to be liberalised [20.09.2012] | Despite dogged opposition by conservatives, parliament has approved a proposal to impose a fine on consumers of small amounts of cannabis instead of ... |
| Fix to B.C.’s ‘drug problem’ is easy: legalize marijuana [20.09.2012] | With three western American states mulling legalized marijuana and the Union of B.C. Municipalities set to debate it, a new group wants the province ... |
| Drug use is an issue for society, not the criminal justice system [10.09.2012] | There is no reliable evidence that tougher criminal sanctions deter drug use or offending. On the contrary, criminalisation worsens the health and we ... |
| Legal use of cannabis, ecstasy for over-15s backed by state medical body [10.09.2012] | A report by a group of prominent Australians that recommends Australia rethink its criminalisation of illicit drugs has been backed by the Victorian ... |
| Once a model, crisis imperils Portugal's drug programme [13.08.2012] | Portugal's famously liberal drug policy has been held up as a model for other countries - Norway is considering adopting parts of it and countries as ... |
| Chilean president signs drug prevention law into effect [12.08.2012] | President Sebastián Piñera signed the new Drug and Alcohol Prevention Act into law on Monday, which sets up an educational program to warn schoolchil ... |
| “In Portugal, We Fight the Illness, Not the People Who Suffer from It” [30.07.2012] | Portugal’s anti-drug policies have been gaining international visibility since this country's 2001 decision to eliminate all criminal penalties for p ... |
| Conservatives seek punishment for drug-using politicians in Chile [29.07.2012] | In the face of a renewed discussion on the possible decriminalization of marijuana in Chile, conservative politicians called for the revival of a con ... |
| Chilean senator's confession heats debate on legalising marijuana [26.07.2012] | Marijuana remains an illegal substance in Chile, but there are a growing number of shops in the country which sell cannabis products. A recent admiss ... |
| Is the war on drugs in the Caribbean going up in smoke? [26.07.2012] | With the decimation of St Lucia’s banana industry due to the collapse of preferential trade agreements with Europe, land which was once used to culti ... |
| Experts debate what to do about cannabis [22.07.2012] | Should pot be outlawed, controlled, or just legalised? For anti-addiction experts, regulating consumption would counter a drug market associated with ... |
| Legal marijuana debated as Belize joins regional push on drugs [16.07.2012] | Marijuana possession may be decriminalized in Belize as the Central American nation joins a list of countries from Mexico to Uruguay whose leaders ha ... |
| Brazil Launches Campaign to Decriminalise Drug Use [12.07.2012] | A host of academic, legal, health, political and social figures are joining together to back a campaign to decriminalise drug use in Brazil, as tens ... |
| A Quiet Revolution [04.07.2012] | 'A Quiet Revolution: Drug Decriminalisation Policies in Practice Across the Globe' is the first report to support Release's campaign 'Drugs - It’s Ti ... |
| Czech Republic exemplifies smart and humane drug policy [02.07.2012] | There is nothing politically easier in most countries than scapegoating drugs and drug users as the source of all social problems. Politicians can ex ... |
| Most Canadians firmly in favour of decriminalizing marijuana: poll [02.07.2012] | Two-thirds of Canadians think the law should be changed so that people caught with small amounts of marijuana no longer face criminal penalties or fi ... |
| Colombia Decriminalizes Cocaine and Marijuana [02.07.2012] | Colombia's Constitutional Court approved the government's proposal to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cocaine and marijuana for pers ... |
| Will reducing or removing the criminal penalties for drug possession lead to greater use? [29.06.2012] | We should decriminalise the possession of drugs for personal use for the following simple reasons: (1) If users are addicted then they are ill, and c ... |
| Colombia court upholds no jail time for drug use [28.06.2012] | Colombia's Constitutional Court has ruled that people cannot be jailed for possessing cocaine and marijuana for personal use. The decision ratifies a ... |
| Chicago decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana [26.06.2012] | People caught with small amounts of marijuana in Chicago will be ticketed instead of arrested under a new ordinance passed by the city council on Wed ... |
| A breakthrough in the making? [25.06.2012] | Remarkable drug policy developments are taking place in Latin America. This is not only at the level of political debate, but is also reflected in ac ... |
| Uruguay mulls government marijuana sales [21.06.2012] | Uruguay is planning a novel approach to fighting its rising crime: having its government sell marijuana to take drug profits out of the hands of deal ... |
| Drugs, crime and punishment [19.06.2012] | Proportionality is one of the key principles of the rule of law aiming to protect people from cruel or inhumane treatment. The principle has been est ... |
| Les “cannabis social clubs” arrivent en France [18.06.2012] | Si PS et UMP pensaient avoir enterré le débat sur le cannabis avec la fin de la campagne des législatives, ils se sont trompés. Des militants viennen ... |
| Chicago Mayor Emanuel backs marijuana decriminalization [14.06.2012] | Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he would back a proposal that would decriminalize possessing small amounts of marijuana, the latest major U.S. politi ... |
| Next year we hope to evaluate the implementation of a new Drug Law [14.06.2012] | “Next year we hope to evaluate the implementation of a new Drug Law”. Graciela Touzé, president of Intercambios, expressed this in the closing remark ... |
| Pure ecstasy can be 'safe' if consumed responsibly: B.C. health officer [13.06.2012] | B.C.'s top health official says taking pure ecstasy can be "safe" when consumed responsibly by adults, despite warnings by police in Alberta and Brit ... |
| Marijuana Should Be Decriminalized [07.06.2012] | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to change New York’s laws to decriminalize marijuana. New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Police Commissioner ... |
| French Socialists kill pro-cannabis call pre-election [07.06.2012] | Three days before round one of a French parliamentary election, President François Hollande's Socialists have crossed swords over pot-smoking with th ... |
| Christiania's resurgent cannabis trade marred by violence and intimidation [06.06.2012] | Almost a decade after extensive police raids in 2004 that were intended to clear out the drug dealers in Christiania, police estimate that the trade ... |
| New York to decriminalize marijuana? [05.06.2012] | New York governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana in the state and he’s got the support of New ... |
| Decriminalize marijuana? Four ways America's views of pot are changing [04.06.2012] | Polls show national opinion toward marijuana use steadily changing toward greater acceptance, and laws are changing and ballot initiatives are coming ... |
| Bloomberg Backs Plan to Limit Arrests for Marijuana [03.06.2012] | New York Police Department, the mayor and the city’s top prosecutors on Monday endorsed a proposal to decriminalize the open possession of small amou ... |
| Class A drugs 'should be decriminalised,' says former drug advisor Professor David Nutt [30.05.2012] | Drugs such as LSD and MDMA should be decriminalised and sold in pharmacies, the government's former chief drug advisor has said. Professor David Nutt ... |
| U.S. says drug abuse needs treatment, not just jail [23.05.2012] | The United States sees drug abuse as a public health problem as much as a crime issue and is seeking to learn from countries in Europe and elsewhere ... |
| Drugs: The Rebellion in Cartagena [23.05.2012] | The startling, unprogrammed, and rebellious discussion about drugs that took place among hemispheric leaders in April at a summit in Cartagena, Colom ... |
| Majority relaxed about cannabis use [21.05.2012] | More than half of Australians support reduced legal penalties for use of drugs such as cannabis and ecstasy, an analysis of a federal government surv ... |
| Bill to decriminalize marijuana possession is advanced by N.J. Assembly committee [20.05.2012] | New Jersey took a step toward decriminalizing marijuana possession today when an Assembly panel unanimously approved a bill that would allow offender ... |
| Hollande will not go Dutch on cannabis [17.05.2012] | The new president of France, François Hollande, is not likely to change cannabis policies. His choice as Minister of the Interior, Manuel Valls, is a ... |
| Legal cannabis rejected by government [14.05.2012] | State-run hash and marijuana dispensaries won't be popping up in Copenhagen any time soon after the Justice Ministry this weekend turned down Copenha ... |
| Saying No to Costly Drug Laws [11.05.2012] | In the year 2000, as the president of Poland, I signed one of Europe’s most conservative laws on drug possession. Any amount of illicit substances a ... |
| Drug war will change course in 2013 [26.04.2012] | When the recent Summit of the Americas in Colombia decided to commission a study on whether to decriminalize drugs, many thought that would be the en ... |
| War on drugs: There has to be a better way [24.04.2012] | The most important story of the Summit of the Americas was the Latin American demand to open the debate on an alternative to the ‘war on drugs’. The ... |
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