Un alto cargo estadounidense insta a la ‛flexibilidad’ en los tratados de fiscalización de drogas
El subsecretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos para la lucha contra las drogas, William Brownfield, instó a una interpretación ‛flexible’ de los tratados de fiscalización internacional de drogas en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York, aludiendo a la legalización de la marihuana en Colorado y Washington. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.
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A high-ranking State Department official called for "flexible" interpretations of international drug control treaties at the United Nations in New York City last week, citing marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington.
Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield's Oct. 9 remarks were the third time this year he has made such a call. And the high-profile venue underscores the pressure that state legalization efforts have put on the U.S. to allow other countries to amend strict, decades-old international drug control treaties.
"How could I, a representative of the government of the United States of America, be intolerant of a government that permits any experimentation with legalization of marijuana if two of the 50 states of the United States of America have chosen to walk down that road?" said Brownfield.
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