From legal uncertainty to a growing repression against drug users in Spain

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From legal uncertainty to a growing repression against drug users in Spain

24 April 2014

By: Ricardo Caparrós Casado

During recent years, we have seen a phenomenal international debate regarding the legal definition of cannabis. Prohibition has been loosing arguments against the increasing social demand for a change in drug policies.

Spain has not been unaware and has experienced very interesting initiatives favoring this change, like the so-called Socail Cannabic Clubs. On the contrary, if we focus on the rights of the people, we find a current trend from the Government to regulate the private sphere under moral grounds.

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