Colombia calls on UN to radically reform international drug policy

Colombia calls on UN to radically reform international drug policy

written by Stephen Gill April 19, 2016

Colombia’s President will call for a complete overhaul of international drug policy including decriminalization at a United Nations Assembly on Drugs in New York on Wednesday.

President Juan Manuel Santos will present a four-point plan to world leaders at the first UN summit on drugs in 18 years demanding “a more effective, lasting and human solution” to the fight against drugs.

Santos believes that Colombia’s imminent peace deal with the left-wing FARC who funded their armed campaign against the state with profits from drug-trafficking puts them in a position to the direct the discourse on drug policy.

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The president will demand on Wednesday that international colleagues reform their approaches add to the efforts of the South American country.

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