“There’s no reason why you can’t take an alcohol or tobacco regulation model to [drugs].” By Aleksandra Bliszczyk April 17, 2023, 9:01am Altan Gocher / Getty Images It’s 7am on a frosted Melbourne Monday morning and this VICE journalist is […]
By José Ramos-Horta Read the original article on Times Malta Malta’s pragmatic cannabis control reform will inspire other countries Cannabis is the most widely used illegal substance around the world, accounting for an estimated 192 million consumers out of the […]
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Lire l’article orginal dans l’Orient Le Jour. Légales, illégales, licites, illicites, prescrites, proscrites, promues, diabolisées, célébrées, honnies… la liste des caractéristiques présumées ou réelles des substances provoquant un effet psychoactif est longue. Il en est de même de la méconnaissance […]
At a press conference in Washington, DC yesterday, five members of the Global Commission on Drug Policy—a 23-person body comprising nine former presidents or prime ministers, plus leaders like former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan—released “Advancing Drug Policy Reform: A new approach to […]
World leaders have called for an end to the criminalisation of drugs. The Global Commission on Drug Policy’s annual report advocates the removal of both civil and criminal penalties for drug use and possession. Prohibition of drugs has had “little […]
Drug trafficking and the black market are, to a large extent, a direct consequence of the international drug control system and the national laws that are derived therefrom. 2016 has been a pivotal year for drug policy on a global […]