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1. Uruguay
(Content / Uruguay / Uruguay)
... id, “someone has to be first.” Uruguay’s decision has led to tensions with the UN drug control system. According to experts from WOLA and TNI: "INCB president Raymond Yans of Belgium wasted no time in d ...
Created on 14 April 2016
2. IDPC response to the 2013 Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board
(Content / INCB / IDPC response to the 2013 Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board)
... of Raymond Yans has been characterised by a sustained hostility to the reform of the drug control architecture and his foreword – the last he was to write – warns of the ‘grave danger to public health ...
Created on 31 December 2016
3. Global drug policy is still deadly and ineffective
(Content / In the media / Global drug policy is still deadly and ineffective)
... ventions." After Uruguay legalized cannabis, INCB president Raymond Yans accused the government in Montevideo of having a "pirate attitude," to which Uruguayan President Jose "Pepe" Mujica replied "te ...
Created on 28 June 2016
4. Uruguay not a ‘pirate’
(Content / Drugs in the news / Uruguay not a ‘pirate’)
... health issues. The move has been condemned by the UN’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), whose president Raymond Yans accused the government of having a "pirate attitude" for going against th ...
Created on 17 April 2014
5. INCB speaks out against death penalty
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... Narcotics Control Board (INCB) annual report, President Raymond Yans of the INCB said, “well I may have news for you…”. And news he had: “The INCB, taking into account the relevant international conventions ...
Created on 06 March 2014
6. UN: cannabis law changes pose 'very grave danger to public health'
(Content / Drugs in the news / UN: cannabis law changes pose 'very grave danger to public health')
... health. At the launch of the INCB's 2013 Annual Report, its president, Raymond Yans, voiced concern over "misguided initiatives" on cannabis legalisation in Uruguay and the US states of Colorado and Washingt ...
Created on 04 March 2014
7. Time for UN to open up dialogue on drug policy reform and end counter-productive blame-game
(Content / Press releases / Time for UN to open up dialogue on drug policy reform and end counter-productive blame-game)
...  a head recently, when Raymond Yans, President of the INCB denounced Uruguay’s "pirate attitude" for its cannabis regulation laws, causing a diplomatic uproar and raising questions about his position.  ...
Created on 27 August 2015
8. INCB vs Uruguay: the art of diplomacy
(Content / Weblog / INCB vs Uruguay: the art of diplomacy)
International tensions over Uruguay’s decision to regulate the cannabis market reached new levels when Raymond Yans, president of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), accused Uruguay of negligence ...
Created on 19 December 2013
9. 'Stop lying': Uruguay president chides UN official over marijuana law
(Content / Drugs in the news / 'Stop lying': Uruguay president chides UN official over marijuana law)
Uruguay’s president has accused the head of the UN’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Raymond Yans, of lying and double standards, after the official claimed the country did not consult the ...
Created on 15 December 2013
10. Uruguay's Prez rips into UN official over marijuana law: 'Stop lying'
(Content / Drugs in the news / Uruguay's Prez rips into UN official over marijuana law: 'Stop lying')
...  marijuana. Mujica batted down the criticism, insisting that his administration is open to discussing the law and accusing the INCB President Raymond Yans of applying a double standard by criticizing Uruguay ...
Created on 15 December 2013
11. Heroic Uruguay deserves a Nobel peace prize for legalising cannabis
(Content / Drugs in the news / Heroic Uruguay deserves a Nobel peace prize for legalising cannabis)
The response of the UN's International Narcotics Control Board to Uruguay's new drug regime has been to incant futile bromides. According to its chief Raymond Yans cannabis regulation would "endanger yo ...
Created on 13 December 2013
12. Crack down on cannabis, world body tells U.S.
(Content / Drugs in the news / Crack down on cannabis, world body tells U.S.)
... up to its treaty commitments. Raymond Yans, president of the INCB, said assurances from the U.S. government in December that growing, selling or possessing the drug remained illegal under federal law ...
Created on 15 March 2013
13. INCB President voices concern
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The President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Raymond Yans, has voiced grave concern about the outcome of recent referenda in the United States of America that would allow the non-medical ...
Created on 30 November 2014
14. Cannabis regulation in Uruguay: "Someone has to be first ..."
(Content / Weblog / Cannabis regulation in Uruguay: "Someone has to be first ...")
... regulation of the domestic cannabis market is predictably triggering further tensions with the UN drug control system. INCB president Raymond Yans, of Belgium, wasted no time in denouncing Uruguay. At ...
Created on 26 March 2013
15. Uruguay
(Content / Uruguay / Uruguay)
... ystem. According to experts from WOLA and TNI:"INCB president Raymond Yans of Belgium wasted no time in denouncing Uruguay. At the UN General Assembly session in New York on June 26 … Yans also issued a th ...
Created on 31 December 2019
16. IDPC response to the 2013 Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board
(Content / INCB / IDPC response to the 2013 Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board)
... the policy landscape. The INCB presidency of Raymond Yans has been characterised by a sustained hostility to the reform of the drug control architecture and his foreword – the last he was to write – warns ...
Created on 14 August 2014
17. Global drug policy is still deadly and ineffective
(Content / In the media / Global drug policy is still deadly and ineffective)
... nventions." After Uruguay legalized cannabis, INCB president Raymond Yans accused the government in Montevideo of having a "pirate attitude," to which Uruguayan President Jose "Pepe" Mujica replied "te ...
Created on 02 June 2014
18. INCB speaks out against death penalty
(Content / Weblog / INCB speaks out against death penalty)
... for drugs offences at the launch of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) annual report, President Raymond Yans of the INCB said, “well I may have news for you…”. And news he had: “The INCB, ...
Created on 05 March 2014
19. UN: cannabis law changes pose 'very grave danger to public health'
(Content / Drugs in the news / UN: cannabis law changes pose 'very grave danger to public health')
...  warning that cannabis legalisation poses a grave danger to public health. At the launch of the INCB's 2013 Annual Report, its president, Raymond Yans, voiced concern over "misguided initiatives" on canna ...
Created on 04 March 2014
20. Time for UN to open up dialogue on drug policy reform and end counter-productive blame-game
(Content / Press releases / Time for UN to open up dialogue on drug policy reform and end counter-productive blame-game)
...  or political and social conditions change. This came to a head recently, when Raymond Yans, President of the INCB denounced Uruguay’s "pirate attitude" for its cannabis regulation laws, causing a diplomat ...
Created on 03 March 2014