About time:
http://content.usatoday.com/communi...mmission-the-global-war-on-drugs-has-failed/1
A report by a global commission on drug policy declares flatly that the the global war on drugs has failed, despite harsh measures against traffickers and years of vast expenditures to stamp out narcotics trafficking and use.
"The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world," says the Report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy in its opening statement. "Fifty years after the initiation of the U.N. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, and 40 years after President Nixon launched the U.S. government's war on drugs, fundamental reforms in national and global drug control policies are urgently needed."
Among the commission's recommedations:
- End the criminalization, marginalization and stigmatization of people who use drugs but who do no harm to others.
- Challenge rather than reinforce common misconceptions about drug markets, drug use and drug dependence.
- Encourage experimentation by governments with models of legal regulation of drugs to undermine the power of organized crime and safeguard the health and security of their citizens. This recommendation applies especially to cannabis, but we also encourage other experiments in decriminalization and legal regulation that can accomplish these objectives and provide models for others.
Full report:
http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/56924096?access_key=key-xoixompyejnky70a9mq
http://content.usatoday.com/communi...mmission-the-global-war-on-drugs-has-failed/1
A report by a global commission on drug policy declares flatly that the the global war on drugs has failed, despite harsh measures against traffickers and years of vast expenditures to stamp out narcotics trafficking and use.
"The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world," says the Report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy in its opening statement. "Fifty years after the initiation of the U.N. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, and 40 years after President Nixon launched the U.S. government's war on drugs, fundamental reforms in national and global drug control policies are urgently needed."
Among the commission's recommedations:
- End the criminalization, marginalization and stigmatization of people who use drugs but who do no harm to others.
- Challenge rather than reinforce common misconceptions about drug markets, drug use and drug dependence.
- Encourage experimentation by governments with models of legal regulation of drugs to undermine the power of organized crime and safeguard the health and security of their citizens. This recommendation applies especially to cannabis, but we also encourage other experiments in decriminalization and legal regulation that can accomplish these objectives and provide models for others.
Full report:
http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/56924096?access_key=key-xoixompyejnky70a9mq
