Lettre ouverte de la Commission Mondiale sur la Politique des Drogues: Briser le tabou sur la drogue

Dans une lettre ouverte, d’anciens dirigeants latino-américains appellent à une réglementation des marchés illicites de drogues pour aider à combattre le crime organisé. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

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After more than four decades of a failed war on drugs, calls for a change in strategy are growing louder by the day. In Latin America, the debate is positively deafening. Statesmen from Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Uruguay are taking the lead for transformations in their own drug regime, which has set a strong dynamic of change across the region and around the world. Their discussion has expanded to the US, where public opinion toward regulation is also changing.

For the first time, the majority of Americans support regulated cannabis for adult consumption. Nowhere has this support been more evident than in Colorado and Washington, states that recently approved new bills to this effect. This shift in public opinion presents a direct challenge to the US federal law, but also to the United Nations drug conventions and the international drug policy regime.

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