Items tagged with decriminalization
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| Bid to have pot smokers fined not prosecuted [06.03.2012] | Parliament has launched a new attempt to decriminalise the consumption of cannabis, four years after voters rejected a proposal for the full legalisa ... |
| Whither a Progressive Pot Policy? [01.03.2012] | Cannabis has been taking centre stage in recent weeks. Former attorneys-general and Vancouver mayors in British Columbia have called for regulation a ... |
| U.S. officials tell Tories war on drugs has failed [22.02.2012] | A high-profile group of current and former U.S. law enforcement officials has written to the Conservative government with a surprising message: Take ... |
| Opinion | Is it okay if we sell joints? [16.02.2012] | The City Council will soon be sending a letter to the justice minister, Morten Bødskov (Socialdemokraterne). It might be formulated a little more for ... |
| Guatemala president weighs drug legalization, blames US for not reducing consumption [14.02.2012] | U.S. inability to cut illegal drug consumption leaves Guatemala with no option but to consider legalizing the use and transport of drugs, President O ... |
| Legalised cannabis? [10.02.2012] | A political majority at Copenhagen Town Hall is pushing for cannabis to be decriminalised. In a joint letter, four out of five local politicians have ... |
| 'Soft drug' legalization law may be withdrawn [02.02.2012] | Greece may withdraw a bill allowing the possession of small amounts of 'soft' drugs for personal use because of opposition from two parties that supp ... |
| Leftists suggest legal cannabis clubs [25.01.2012] | Germany’s socialist Left party is calling an expert hearing on “legalizing cannabis through the introduction of cannabis clubs” in the German parliam ... |
| Cannabis taxation: a win-win all round, Richard Branson tells MPs [24.01.2012] | The market for cannabis in Britain should be regulated and taxed, and responsibility for drug policy moved from the Home Office to the health departm ... |
| It’s time to end the failed war on drugs [23.01.2012] | After 50 years of the failed drug war, it is time for today’s leaders to find the courage to speak out. For all the successes I’ve had in business, I ... |
| Copenhagen wants controlled cannabis shops [09.01.2012] | The Copenhagen City Council is pushing ahead with a proposal to decriminalise cannabis, and has set up a committee to investigate the best way to reg ... |
| Drugs bill goes to Parliament [09.01.2012] | Draft legislation that foresees the decriminalization of the possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use but the leveling of criminal ch ... |
| Towards a smarter drugs policy [06.01.2012] | The loudest voices in US drug policy debates call either for enforcing prohibition with ever-increasing ferocity or for giving up altogether by letti ... |
| A resounding success or a disastrous failure [05.01.2012] | Two observers and scholars of the 2001 Portuguese drug policy reform consider divergent accounts of the reform which viewed it as a ‘resounding succe ... |
| Drug Policy in the Andes [15.12.2011] | Fifty years after signing the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and 40 years after the U.S. government declared a "war on drugs," ma ... |
| Sanctionner l'usage de stupéfiants par une contravention? [06.12.2011] | Actuellement, l'usage de stupéfiants est puni d'une amende maximale de 3 750 euros et d'un an d'emprisonnement. Une proposition de loi, adoptée le 7 ... |
| The politics of pot [01.12.2011] | Polls show overwhelming support for amending the laws. In fact, 50 percent of Americans—the largest portion ever recorded—now favor legalizing mariju ... |
| It's time to end the phoney war on drugs [29.11.2011] | We are supposedly engaged in a "war on drugs." What war on drugs? A phoney war, because it provokes that which it proclaims to repress. Take three co ... |
| Portugal and the drug war [23.11.2011] | Portuguese drug policy and the drug treatment system are not without challenges and problems. No system is perfect and operates within a constantly c ... |
| Legal marijuana gets one step closer [21.11.2011] | A committee has now been established to determine the best way to legalise the sale of hashish, with special stores owned by the council presenting i ... |
| Extraordinary General Assembly of Cannabis Users Association Pannagh [19.11.2011] | The General Assembly of Cannabis Users Association Pannagh denounces the disproportionate intervention of the Municipal Police of Bilbao against the ... |
| Why is it only 'formers' who want to talk about drugs? [17.11.2011] | Former head of MI5 Eliza Manningham-Buller today joins an increasingly long list of "formers" and "exes" who have publicly condemned the so-called "W ... |
| Ex-head of MI5 calls on government to decriminalise and regulate cannabis [17.11.2011] | The former head of MI5 believes the "war on drugs" has proved fruitless and it is time to consider decriminalising the possession and use of small qu ... |
| Swiss cannabis smokers will be allowed to grow four marijuana plants each [17.11.2011] | Cannabis smokers in Switzerland will soon be allowed to grow up to four marijuana plants each at home to stop them buying drugs on the black market. ... |
| Minister considers Portuguese drugs strategy [04.11.2011] | Junior Health Minister Roisin Shortall, who is in charge of Ireland’s drugs strategy, said she had an "open mind" in relation to Portugal’s model. Sh ... |
| Decriminalize pot, aldermen urge — but mayor says not so fast [02.11.2011] | Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday he would not be rushed into decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana because doing so creates its o ... |
| Cash-strapped Chicago mulls easing marijuana law [02.11.2011] | Alderman Danny Solis introduced an ordinance to the City Council that would make possession of small amounts of marijuana a ticketable offense with a ... |
| The punishment must fit the crime, even for drug users [02.11.2011] | The case of the Australian boy arrested on drug charges in Bali offers the opportunity to review our nation's own response to drug use, both here and ... |
| Chicago’s pot dilemma: Should marijuana users just be ticketed? [01.11.2011] | Last year, Chicago Police officers arrested more than 23,000 people on misdemeanor marijuana charges, and most of those cases were dropped. From 2006 ... |
| Justice Dept. memo writer is mum on pot crackdown [26.10.2011] | A high-ranking U.S. Justice Department official who wrote a memo saying state medical marijuana laws do not provide immunity from federal prosecution ... |
| Ecuador to Debate Decriminalization [24.10.2011] | Proposed changes to Ecuador's penal code would decriminalize possession of drugs for personal use, including up to 10 grams of marijuana and hashish, ... |
| Editorial: Feds' pot crackdown bad medicine [21.10.2011] | In the design of America's founders, the states are supposed to be centers of democratic experiment. They're not supposed to be uniform. For example, ... |
| It's Time For A New Approach To Policies Involving Illegal Drugs [19.10.2011] | Should drugs be decriminalized? That this question is still being kicked around after decades of debate through the war on drugs is indicative of how ... |
| California's Coming Crackdown on Pot: What Do You Do if You Need It? [19.10.2011] | Four California-based U.S. attorneys have announced their intent to prosecute the medical-marijuana dispensaries, growers and delivery services that ... |
| Home Office rejects decriminalising possession of drugs for personal use [14.10.2011] | The Home Office has quickly rejected a call from the government's official drug advisers to decriminalise the personal possession of all illegal drug ... |
| Drug law reform in Greece [06.10.2011] | On August 2, 2011 the Minister of Justice presented to the Committee on Social Affairs of the Greek Parliament the changes proposed by the legislativ ... |
| Counting the Costs of Archaic Drug Policies and Strategies in Southern Africa [27.09.2011] | In June 2011, fifty years after the initiation of the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and forty years after former US President Nixon launched ... |
| Lib Dems vote overwhelmingly to set up panel to consider decriminalising drugs [18.09.2011] | The Liberal Democrat party conference have voted to establish a panel to consider decriminalising the use of all drugs. The panel would also consider ... |
| Czech Health Ministry signals steps to legalize medical marijuana [14.09.2011] | The Czech Ministry of Health has indicated that it will take marijuana off the list of banned substances and allow it to be prescribed by doctors for ... |
| Experts back Liberal Democrat calls for drugs decriminalisation [13.09.2011] | Experts have backed calls to be made at the Liberal Democrats conference this weekend for the decriminalisation of all drugs, saying it would not lea ... |
| Possession of drugs for personal use to be decriminalized [07.09.2011] | Criminal charges will only be brought against individuals caught growing or manufacturing drugs or using them in public, according to a draft law pre ... |
| Drug Policy in Portugal [31.08.2011] | ?In 2000, the Portuguese government responded to widespread public concern over drugs by rejecting a "war on drugs" approach and instead decriminaliz ... |
| Imprisonment for drugs related offenses in Argentina [29.08.2011] | Intercambios Civil Association and the Social Sciences School of the University of Buenos Aires launched the book “Encarcelamientos por delitos relac ... |
| Colombia Takes Step Towards Drug Decriminalization [25.08.2011] | Colombia's Supreme Court ruled against harsh punishments for small-time drug offenders, in a move towards easing up Colombia's zero-tolerance drug la ... |
| How to determine personal use in drug legislation [23.08.2011] | Distinguishing between drug possession for personal use and supply and trafficking is widely acknowledged as one of the most difficult and controvers ... |
| Medical marijuana advocates seek PM's support [23.08.2011] | The organisers of a Czech petition for the legalisation of cannabis in medical treatment have asked Prime Minister Petr Necas to support the relevant ... |
| Liberal Democrats want inquiry into decriminalising drug possession [04.08.2011] | Liberal Democrats are expected to call for an independent inquiry into the decriminalisation of possession of all drugs. A motion to be put at the pa ... |
| Government set to decriminalize drug use [03.08.2011] | The government is preparing a bill that would decriminalize drug use, although the possession and supply of drugs and the cultivation of cannabis are ... |
| Let states enact their own marijuana policies [06.07.2011] | Let's be clear: HR 2306, the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011, proposed by Reps. Barney Frank and Ron Paul, does not "legalize drugs" ... |
| California medical marijuana growers face pressure [02.07.2011] | A new Obama administration memo approves federal prosecution of anyone in the business of growing or supplying marijuana for medical patients even if ... |
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