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21 May 2012

Drug War Hero - The Computer Game!

The HCLU, together with Mito, a Budapest-based communication agency, created an online computer game to educate the public about the consequences of the global war on drugs and raise awareness on the Count the Costs! campaign.
21 May 2012

Chile and drugs: a debate that requires more coherence

Recently, a healthy and necessary debate on drugs has taken place in Chile. Little by little, we see more solid, evidence-based arguments, discussions that leave taboos and moral barriers aside, presentations of transverse positions, and the participation of a diversity of actors, including former heads of state, parliamentarians, academics, experts, consumers, and civil society representatives.
21 May 2012

Campanha poderá mudar política de drogas no Brasil

Vinte e cinco candidatos, entre empresas e profissionais de comunicação, de todo o Brasil se inscreveram para participar do concurso que o Viva Rio promoveu para selecionar a melhor proposta de campanha para mudar a legislação sobre a política de drogas no país.
20 May 2012

The campaign that will change Brazil’s drug policies

Twenty five candidates, including advertising agencies and communication professionals from all across Brazil, signed up for a competition organized by Viva Rio to select the best idea for a campaign that could change the legislation on drug policies in the country.
20 May 2012

Mérida: continued support for a failed strategy

The adverse effects of Mexico’s militarization of its domestic law enforcement on the country’s human rights climate are so obvious that we are left wondering why Calderón’s War on Drugs strategies and Mérida assistance have not yet been radically redirected, if both Mexican and US authorities are as serious about improving security for the citizens of Mexico as they have continuously claimed to be for the past five years.
16 May 2012

Hollande will not go Dutch on cannabis

The new president of France, François Hollande, is not likely to change cannabis policies. His choice as Minister of the Interior, Manuel Valls, is a declared opponent to any reform on cannabis.
15 May 2012

Medical cannabis in Italy

The Regional Council of Tuscany ruled in favour of allowing patients an easier access to cannabis pharmaceutical products.
15 May 2012

La Toscana apre alla Canapa medica

La Regione Toscana rompe la cantilena monocorde proibizionista che sembrava aver imbambolato il nostro paese. Approvata a maggioranza la proposta di legge che consente in Toscana l’uso dei farmaci cannabinoidi per combattere il dolore, nelle cure palliative e in alcuni tipi di terapie. Sgherri: “un traguardo di civiltà”.
13 May 2012

Transform recruits Latin American Advocacy and Project Manager

Transform recruits a Latin American Advocacy and Project Manager to lead on the delivery of advocacy and campaigns strategy in Latin America which aims to work collaboratively with allies to support and encourage a coalition of governments calling for the War on Drugs to be replaced with legal regulation.
13 May 2012

New movie on the world's youth and drug policy

Youth Organisations for Drug Action (YODA) in cooperation with Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) have asked young people around the world about how current drug policies affect them and their communities, and what they think about them.