Repenser les politiques en matière de drogues: débat animé entre parlementaires à Quito, Équateur

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Repenser les politiques en matière de drogues: débat animé entre parlementaires à Quito, Équateur

29 avril 2013

Un panel de quatre experts en provenance de l'Afghanistan, de Serbie, d'Uruguay et du Mexique ont discuté la nécessité de rompre le tabou et d’analyser si oui ou non la guerre contre la drogue avait échoué à atteindre ses objectifs. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

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At the Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Quito, Ecuador, an interesting panel discussion is taking place on "The legalisation of drugs: Can it help curb organised crime?" The room is cramped with parliamentarians from the globe.

Introduced by four expert panelists from Afghanistan, Serbia, Uruguay and Mexico, the debate seeks to break the taboo and discuss whether the 'war on drugs' has been a successful approach to counter the global drug problem. Speakers and delegates are highlighting the impact on environment, health, community relations, equality, democratic stability – and many question the approach taken in the last 50 years, which has sought to eliminate the use of drugs and related organised crime by criminal sanctions. The assessment seems to prevail that after 50 years of this approach, there are more drug users, more weapons, bigger markets, and greater harm to the most vulnerable.

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