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Students for Sensible Drug Policy UK (SSDP) will participate in the Support. Don't Punish Global Day of Action on Wednesday 26th June 2013, that will take place in more than 20 cities, including London.
The discussion will include representatives from governmental and international bodies, academia and civil society in a multi-disciplinary dialogue on the nature and extent of women’s participation in the cultivation, production, distribution and utilization of drugs in the Americas.
Global Commission on Drug Policy calls for decriminalization of drug use and expansion of proven, science-based solutions to reduce Hepatitis C – Including sterile syringe access, safer injection facilities and prescription heroin programs.
The aim of this paper is to discuss the implementation of the new laws and to explore the key challenges in creating regulatory regimes for recreational marijuana.
These scenarios are stories about what 'could' happen in the future in and around the hemispheric drug system, based on current trends, and including relevant political, economic, social, cultural and international dynamics.
On Friday 17th May, the Secretary General of the OEA, José Miguel Insulza, will meet with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to share the results of the hemispheric review of drug policies.
This report contains recommendations for federal legislative reform related to civil rights, deficit reduction, law enforcement, foreign policy, sentencing, effective drug treatment, public health, and drug prevention education.
APDES argues against the recent ban of legal highs, claiming that a prohibition-only approach will increase the scale of the underground black market for these substances.
“Support. Don’t Punish.” is a global advocacy campaign that aims to raise awareness of the harms caused by the criminalisation of people who use drugs.
The review was mandated by Heads of State at 2012 Summit of the Americas. The new study should enrich the already-vibrant hemispheric debate over drug policy alternatives, including the option of legal, regulated markets for cannabis.
After analysing the regional debate and national-level reforms, this report concludes with policy recommendations that should be undertaken to maintain the momentum and advance drug policy reforms in the region.
A letter in favour of the decriminalisation of people who use drugs was handed was handed to the Brazilian National Congress by more than 100 evangelical leaders.
