Items tagged with decriminalization
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| 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 ... |
| Czech Health Ministry signals steps to legalize medical marijuana [14.09.2011] | The Czech Ministry of Health has indicated that it will take marijuana off the list of banned substances and allow it to be prescribed by doctors for ... |
| Experts back Liberal Democrat calls for drugs decriminalisation [13.09.2011] | Experts have backed calls to be made at the Liberal Democrats conference this weekend for the decriminalisation of all drugs, saying it would not lea ... |
| Possession of drugs for personal use to be decriminalized [07.09.2011] | Criminal charges will only be brought against individuals caught growing or manufacturing drugs or using them in public, according to a draft law pre ... |
| Drug Policy in Portugal [31.08.2011] | ?In 2000, the Portuguese government responded to widespread public concern over drugs by rejecting a "war on drugs" approach and instead decriminaliz ... |
| Imprisonment for drugs related offenses in Argentina [29.08.2011] | Intercambios Civil Association and the Social Sciences School of the University of Buenos Aires launched the book “Encarcelamientos por delitos relac ... |
| Colombia Takes Step Towards Drug Decriminalization [25.08.2011] | Colombia's Supreme Court ruled against harsh punishments for small-time drug offenders, in a move towards easing up Colombia's zero-tolerance drug la ... |
| How to determine personal use in drug legislation [23.08.2011] | Distinguishing between drug possession for personal use and supply and trafficking is widely acknowledged as one of the most difficult and controvers ... |
| Medical marijuana advocates seek PM's support [23.08.2011] | The organisers of a Czech petition for the legalisation of cannabis in medical treatment have asked Prime Minister Petr Necas to support the relevant ... |
| Liberal Democrats want inquiry into decriminalising drug possession [04.08.2011] | Liberal Democrats are expected to call for an independent inquiry into the decriminalisation of possession of all drugs. A motion to be put at the pa ... |
| Government set to decriminalize drug use [03.08.2011] | The government is preparing a bill that would decriminalize drug use, although the possession and supply of drugs and the cultivation of cannabis are ... |
| Let states enact their own marijuana policies [06.07.2011] | Let's be clear: HR 2306, the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011, proposed by Reps. Barney Frank and Ron Paul, does not "legalize drugs" ... |
| California medical marijuana growers face pressure [02.07.2011] | A new Obama administration memo approves federal prosecution of anyone in the business of growing or supplying marijuana for medical patients even if ... |
| Portugal drug law show results ten years on, experts say [01.07.2011] | Health experts in Portugal say that Portugal's decision 10 years ago to decriminalise drug use and treat addicts rather than punishing them is an expe ... |
| Drug death 'capital' Brighton to put treatment ahead of punishment [26.06.2011] | Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion, has called for a new approach, having identified an unlikely ally. She wants to exploit the localism agenda ... |
| Dug Policy Profile Portugal [23.06.2011] | This profile describes the national drug policy of Portugal, a policy that has attracted significant attention recently in the media and in policy de ... |
| 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 ... |
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