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Source: The Guardian
It's time to decriminalize drugs, commission report says
Global Commission on Drug Policys annual report calls for end
to criminal and civil penalties for possession and use and more
research into regulatory models
Amanda Holpuch in New York
Monday 21 November 2016 18.52 GMT
World leaders called for the decriminalization of drugs on Monday, in a report released by a commission that includes the former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan and former presidents of Colombia, Mexico and Brazil.
The Global Commission on Drug Policys annual report recommended that countries should end civil and criminal penalties for drug use and possession in a report that follows the commissions sharp criticism of the UNs lackluster effort to combat drug abuse. Commission member Richard Branson, head of the Virgin group, called the UNs latest meeting on drug policy fatally flawed in April.
The former Swiss president and chair of the commission, Ruth Dreifuss, told the Guardian: Politicians should show and prove to the people that what they are doing is to save the lives of these people and bring them to the health services they need to avoid overdoses and to create a climate so when these people are in need, they are able to find help.
The commissions report highlighted effective decriminalization policies, such as in Portugal, where drug possession is not a criminal offense. It also denounced harsh penalties for drug-related offenses, such as in the Philippines where there have been thousands of extrajudicial killings of drug users and dealers following the election of president Rodrigo Duterte, who has publicly urged citizens to go ahead and kill addicts and dealers.
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Global Commission on Drug Policys annual report calls for end
to criminal and civil penalties for possession and use and more
research into regulatory models
Amanda Holpuch in New York
Monday 21 November 2016 18.52 GMT
World leaders called for the decriminalization of drugs on Monday, in a report released by a commission that includes the former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan and former presidents of Colombia, Mexico and Brazil.
The Global Commission on Drug Policys annual report recommended that countries should end civil and criminal penalties for drug use and possession in a report that follows the commissions sharp criticism of the UNs lackluster effort to combat drug abuse. Commission member Richard Branson, head of the Virgin group, called the UNs latest meeting on drug policy fatally flawed in April.
The former Swiss president and chair of the commission, Ruth Dreifuss, told the Guardian: Politicians should show and prove to the people that what they are doing is to save the lives of these people and bring them to the health services they need to avoid overdoses and to create a climate so when these people are in need, they are able to find help.
The commissions report highlighted effective decriminalization policies, such as in Portugal, where drug possession is not a criminal offense. It also denounced harsh penalties for drug-related offenses, such as in the Philippines where there have been thousands of extrajudicial killings of drug users and dealers following the election of president Rodrigo Duterte, who has publicly urged citizens to go ahead and kill addicts and dealers.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/nov/21/decriminalize-drugs-un-commission-drug-policy-report
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It's time to decriminalize drugs, commission report says (Original Post)
Eugene
Nov 2016
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SHRED
(28,136 posts)1. Yet world leadership is turning rightwing
Go figure.
WhiteTara
(29,721 posts)2. Scared little old men who fear change
and the world is full of change. They think the way to security is to control everyone else instead of themselves.