The focus of the symposium will be on capacity building for research, hence young researchers in the social and health sciences and education and experienced researchers with new data to present are particularly invited to participate.
With a decade of experience, Portugal provides a valuable case study of how decriminalization coupled with evidence-based strategies can reduce drug consumption, dependence, recidivism, and HIV infection, and create safer communities for all.
This report on cannabis legalisation was produced by a working group of the French National Assembly presided by Daniel Vaillant, former Minister of Home Affairs. The report (available below, in French) calls for the controlled legalisation of cannabis in France in order to better control the…
This paper examines how marijuana legalisation in California might influence drug trafficking organisations' revenues and violence in Mexico, focusing on gross revenues from export and distribution to wholesale markets near the southwestern U.S. border.
In this report, Transform Drug Policy Foundation demonstrates that moving to the legal regulation of drugs is not an unthinkable, politically impossible step in the dark, but a sensible, pragmatic approach to control drug production, supply and use.
Health officials of the Basque Country, an autonomous region of Spain, announced that they will introduce a bill to regulate the "cultivation, sale and consumption" of hashish and marijuana. The bill, which will be presented to the regional parliament next year, was put forward on December 12,…
In an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais, the US Ambassador for Colombia said: "the issue presented itself several times in the last 20, 30 years, and it is now a question that is on the table, and what is always important in political debates is to analyze the options present."
On 28 January 2011, President Barack Obama said that drug legalisation and regulation was "an entirely legitimate topic for debate" but that he was not in favor of legalisation. He then declared that drug abuse should be considered as a public health issue and that a shift of resources was…
Among other comments, this blog presents statements from former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez, who declared himself in favour of depenalisation.
In August 2010, Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared that he would support a national debate on the legalisation of illicit drugs, reversing his previous stance on the subject. He then underscored that he did not favour legalisation, particularly while the US and the international community…
The aim of this paper is to discuss the implementation of the new laws and to explore the key challenges in creating regulatory regimes for recreational marijuana.
