Monitoring and evaluating Uruguay’s new law regulating cannabis
57th Session of the CND, March 18, 2014
This side event will be an opportunity for Uruguay’s National Drugs Board to present the country’s new legislation, and open constructive debates on the implications of such policy at the national and international level. See the CNDblog for a report of the proceedings.
On 10 December 2013, Uruguay’s Senate approved a legislation to legally regulate the production, sale and consumption of cannabis for recreational use. This side event will be an opportunity for Uruguay’s National Drugs Board to present the country’s new legislation, and open constructive debates on the implications of such policy at the national and international level. The event will also feature representatives from the US states of Washington and Colorado, where ballot initiatives to legally regulate the cannabis market have also been approved. Finally, the new report “The Rise and Decline of Cannabis Prohibition” about the history of cannabis in the UN drug control system and options for reform will be presented.
Speakers:
- Julio Calzada, General Secretary, National Drugs Board, Uruguay
- Alison Holcomb, State of Washington, USA
- Christian Sederberg, State of Colorado, USA
- Martin Jelsma, Drugs and Democracy Programme, Transnational Institute
The event will take place in English and Spanish (with simultaneous translations)
Organised by the National Drugs Board, National Secretariat on Drugs, Government of Uruguay
Co-sponsored by the Transnational Institute (TNI), the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
