Items tagged with US drug policy
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| The only winner in the 'war on drugs' [02.12.2010] | The outcome of this militarisation of drugs policy has been overwhelmingly negative. Military involvement in such an irregular war was not only unrea ... |
| Voters approve Arizona medical marijuana measure [14.11.2010] | By a narrow margin, Arizona voters have given their OK to legalized medical marijuana for people with chronic or debilitating diseases. The decision ... |
| U.S. appeals court judge endorses legal marijuana [10.11.2010] | A U.S. federal appeals court judge says the United States should consider legalizing marijuana. Judge Juan Torruella tells a law school audience in P ... |
| What the Feds Can Do About Prop 19 [25.10.2010] | Assume for a moment that California voters approve Proposition 19 on Nov. 2. The state will have just enacted a process for legalizing, regulating, a ... |
| US Federal Government Data on Cannabis Prohibition [07.10.2010] | The report reviews 20 years of data from US government funded surveillance systems on government drug control spending, cannabis seizures and cannabi ... |
| California Pot Legalization Wouldn't Trump Federal Law [06.10.2010] | Even if Californians vote next month to legalize marijuana, possession of the drug will still be a criminal offense under federal law, which trumps s ... |
| The Budgetary Impact of Ending Drug Prohibition [29.09.2010] | The CATO report estimates that legalizing drugs would save roughly $41.3 billion per year in government expenditure on enforcement of prohibition. Of ... |
| Sooner or later, marijuana will be legal [28.09.2010] | It's as predictable as the sun rising and setting. Even though police made more than 850,000 marijuana arrests last year, a recent government report ... |
| Marijuana legalization measure gets big lift [26.09.2010] | In a dramatic shift of sentiment, nearly half of California's likely voters now want to legalize marijuana use in the state, according to a new Field ... |
| Former Spanish Drug Czar Says Legalize Drugs [23.09.2010] | In a blistering op-ed Wednesday in Spain's most important newspaper, El País, the country's former drug czar, Araceli Manjón-Cabeza, called for an en ... |
| US: Report: Illegal drug use up sharply last year [16.09.2010] | The rate of illegal drug use rose last year to the highest level in nearly a decade, fueled by a sharp increase in marijuana use and a surge in ecsta ... |
| Weary of drug war, Mexico debates legalization [12.09.2010] | A debate about legalizing marijuana and possibly other drugs — once a taboo suggestion — is percolating in Mexico, a nation exhausted by runaway viol ... |
| Calif. to vote on legalizing marijuana [09.09.2010] | For those who have long argued that smoking marijuana should not be a crime, a potentially historic turning point is just weeks away. Voters in Calif ... |
| California's Prop 19, on legalizing marijuana, could end Mexico's drug war [05.09.2010] | On Nov. 2, Californians will vote on Proposition 19, deciding whether to legalize the production, sale and consumption of marijuana. If the initiativ ... |
| Can California's Legalization Battle Kick-Start a Movement for Change? [05.09.2010] | Drug prohibition is remarkably ineffective, costly and counter-productive -- it has cost people their lives, and put millions behind bars. Is the tid ... |
| Kerlikowske draws the wrong conclusions [16.08.2010] | In "Has the time come to legalize drugs?" Andres Oppenheimer, the influential opinion maker about Latin American affairs at the Miami Herald, describ ... |
| The problem is more than just the substances, it's the prohibition itself [09.08.2010] | Maria Lucia Karam, a retired Brazilian judge, argues that drugs should be legalised - but regulated. Every country that has provided a glimpse of wha ... |
| International Counternarcotics Policies [21.07.2010] | In Latin America, monitoring U.S. assistance means monitoring U.S. counter-drug programs. We’ve found that in the ten years between 2000 and 2009, th ... |
| A good chew or good riddance [15.07.2010] | The article reviews the status of khat, the most recent plant based psychoactive substance to reach a global market, and considers policy making proc ... |
| Drug Policy Disconnect [06.05.2010] | The rhetoric has changed. According to new U.S. "drug czar" Gil Kerlikowske, who heads the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the Obama ... |
| The Art of the Possible [06.05.2010] | Today, despite a world-wide drug control treaty system and decades of massive investments to attack drug production and curtail supplies and consumpt ... |
| In drug war, failed old ideas never die [26.02.2010] | WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Here's a stern warning to the U.S. states of Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, N ... |
| Latin America distances itself from U.S. on drug war [09.02.2010] | Latin America is shifting focus in counter-drug strategies, moving away from a U.S. strategy of a "war on drugs" that is widely seen as having failed ... |
| Latin America Rejects Old U.S. Approach In Drugs War [29.01.2010] | As an increasingly violent and costly drugs war clogs up prisons with small-time users, some Latin American countries are abandoning hardline U.S. po ... |
| US waves white flag in disastrous 'war on drugs' [16.01.2010] | After 40 years of defeat and failure, America's "war on drugs" is being buried in the same fashion as it was born – amid bloodshed, confusion, corrup ... |
| Legislative Innovation in Drug Policy [01.11.2009] | This briefing summarizes good practices in legislative reforms around the world, representing steps away from a repressive zero-tolerance model towar ... |
| Assessing US Drug Policy in the Americas [15.10.2009] | The growing realization that we and our neighbors in the Americas are not well-served by the status quo U.S. policies presents the opportunity to re- ... |
| Latin America breaks ranks in US war on drugs [24.09.2009] | Many countries in the region – most recently Mexico – have decriminalized small amounts of drugs for personal use. The moves have followed decisions ... |
| Stepping away from the darkness [01.09.2009] | The experiences of countries that have decriminalised drugs show that fears of explosions in drugs use are unfounded. |
| Mexico decriminalizes small amounts of drugs [27.08.2009] | Last week, the Mexican government announced that it will no longer jail users of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin. Other countries in t ... |
| Vienna Consensus on Drug Policy Cracks [07.04.2009] | A clear divide in drug control approaches became apparent at the end of the High Level Segment of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on March 11- ... |
| Bolivia calls on Obama to back coca campaign [11.03.2009] | President Barack Obama should recognize traditional uses of the coca leaf because not all production becomes cocaine, Bolivian President Evo Morales ... |
| Drugs and Democracy: Toward a Paradigm Shift [01.02.2009] | The statement presents the main findings of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy. Prohibitionist policies based on the eradication of ... |
| U.S. Drug Policy: At What Cost? [19.06.2008] | My point in reviewing the experience with forced eradication is that a stiff dose of historical perspective is in order as policy makers contemplate ... |
| The Wire's War on the Drug War [05.03.2008] | If asked to serve on a jury deliberating a violation of state or federal drug laws, we will vote to acquit, regardless of the evidence presented. Sav ... |
| UN: conflicting views on harm reduction [18.02.2008] | Conflicting views and policies within the UN system on harm reduction have become a major concern. Consistency in messages is crucial especially wher ... |
| Plan Afghanistan [01.01.2005] | In November 2004 an unknown mystery plane sprayed opium poppy fields in eastern Afghanistan. Although the US denied any involvement, the US State Dep ... |
| The Limited Relevance of Drug Policy [01.05.2004] | Decriminalizing cannabis doesn't lead to more widespread use, according to a study comparing cannabis users in two similar cities with opposing canna ... |
| The New York state adult drug court evaluation [01.10.2003] | By combining drug treatment with ongoing judicial supervision, drug courts seek to break the cycle of addiction, crime, and repeat incarceration. Whi ... |
| Global Trends. Lessons from Vienna [20.06.2003] | Martin Jelsma analysed the 2003 UNGASS mid-term review and drew some important conclusions for the 10-year review in 2008: "Alliances have to be cons ... |
| Geo-political and cultural constraints on international drug control treaties [01.04.2003] | It is a noble and worthy step to attempt to change the drug control treaties, but this is likely to take a long time and it may not be the essential ... |
| The WHO Cocaine Project [03.03.1995] | In 1995 the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) announced in a press r ... |
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