Items tagged with decriminalization
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| What Britain could learn from Portugal's drugs policy [05.09.2010] | In the midst of the recently resurgent debate in Britain about whether our drug laws are working – or require a major overhaul – the experience of Po ... |
| Cannabis in Mexico [27.08.2010] | In August 2010, Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared that he would support a national debate on the issue of legalisation, reversing his previo ... |
| Prague high [24.08.2010] | Although the partial decriminalization of cannabis at the beginning of this year didn't transform the capital into the new Amsterdam, as some headlin ... |
| Leading doctor urges decriminalisation of drugs [16.08.2010] | One of the UK's leading doctors said today the government should consider decriminalising drugs because the blanket ban has failed to cut crime or im ... |
| Mexico rethinks drugs strategy as violence escalates [11.08.2010] | Mexico's president, Felipe Calderón, launched his presidency three and a half years ago with an unprecedented military-led offensive against the coun ... |
| Ex-Mexico president calls for legalizing drugs [09.08.2010] | Former President Vicente Fox is joining with those urging his successor to legalize drugs in Mexico, saying that could break the economic power of th ... |
| Permitir uso inhibe adicciones [09.08.2010] | La legalización del consumo y venta de drogas “blandas” (mariguana y hachís) en Holanda resultó un éxito para el sistema de salud de ese país, al dis ... |
| The problem is more than just the substances, it's the prohibition itself [09.08.2010] | Maria Lucia Karam, a retired Brazilian judge, argues that drugs should be legalised - but regulated. Every country that has provided a glimpse of wha ... |
| Right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health [06.08.2010] | The current international system of drug control has focused on creating a drug-free world, almost exclusively through use of law enforcement policie ... |
| En la hora de la legalización de las drogas [05.08.2010] | El discurso del presidente Calderón el 3 de agosto es de una importancia histórica. Por primera vez un jefe de Estado en funciones en México había ac ... |
| FCH: Que se debata legalizar las drogas [04.08.2010] | El presidente Felipe Calderón aceptó el debate sobre la legalización de las drogas en el país. El lunes, Eduardo Gallo, presidente de México Unido Co ... |
| Insistir en el enfoque represivo en la lucha contra el narco, inefectivo [01.08.2010] | Mientras la estrategia para combatir el narcotráfico se centre en las acciones bélicas, la guerra en contra de este ilícito continuará por décadas si ... |
| Ten years of decriminalization in Portugal [29.07.2010] | Ten years ago, in July 2001, Portugal decriminalized the use and possession of all illicit drugs including cocaine and heroin. Under the new legal fr ... |
| At 10, Portugal's Drug Law Draws New Scrutiny [20.07.2010] | Portugal's move to decriminalize illicit substances—Europe's most liberal drug legislation—turns 10 years old this month amid new scrutiny and plaudi ... |
| Argentina: Reform on the way? [15.07.2010] | In August 2009, the Argentina Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional legislation that criminalized drug possession for personal consumption. This ... |
| El nuevo paradigma sobre las drogas [17.06.2010] | Rodeada de expertos, colegas y políticos, ayer la fiscal Mónica Cuñarro, encargada de la comisión gubernamental que impulsa la reforma de las polític ... |
| Berlin set to relax cannabis laws [18.05.2010] | A new marijuana policy could make it legal for individuals to posses up to 15 grams (0.5 ounces) of the drug in the German capital. The regulation wo ... |
| Drug Law Reform in Ecuador [01.05.2010] | In Ecuador, the Correa government’s comprehensive justice sector reform project includes significant changes in drug legislation. The country has one ... |
| Review of methodologies of evaluating effects of drug-related legal changes [01.04.2010] | This paper analyses scientific and grey literature that examines the consequences of drug law changes, and describes their approach and methodologies ... |
| Argentina and Mexico clash with the INCB [31.03.2010] | The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna in March 2010 was a rather uneventful event. One of the most controversial issues were the comments ... |
| IDPC Drug Policy Guide [01.03.2010] | This is the second edition of the IDPC Drug Policy Guide aimed at national government policy makers. This publication is a collaborative effort by a ... |
| In drug war, failed old ideas never die [26.02.2010] | WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Here's a stern warning to the U.S. states of Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, N ... |
| Latin America distances itself from U.S. on drug war [09.02.2010] | Latin America is shifting focus in counter-drug strategies, moving away from a U.S. strategy of a "war on drugs" that is widely seen as having failed ... |
| Latin America Rejects Old U.S. Approach In Drugs War [29.01.2010] | As an increasingly violent and costly drugs war clogs up prisons with small-time users, some Latin American countries are abandoning hardline U.S. po ... |
| Trends in Drug Law Reform in Europe and Latin America [26.01.2010] | This presentation gives a short overview of legislative reforms in Europe and Latin America that provide lessons learned in practice about less punit ... |
| Prohibition, a backwards step [01.01.2010] | In December 2009, the Congress in Colombia passed a reform to the 1991 Constitution, which considered the possession and consumption of certain quant ... |
| New drug guidelines are Europe's most liberal [23.12.2009] | Long known for a liberal policy on drugs, the Czech Republic is now officially quantifying its status as one of European Union's most lenient member ... |
| Penalisation of drug possession [01.12.2009] | Polish law provides punishment for possession of narcotic drugs. It is a controversial issue whether punishing for possession of any amount of drugs ... |
| Legislative Innovation in Drug Policy [01.11.2009] | This briefing summarizes good practices in legislative reforms around the world, representing steps away from a repressive zero-tolerance model towar ... |
| Mexico: The Law Against Small-Scale Drug Dealing [01.10.2009] | In August 2009, Mexico adopted a new law against small-scale drug dealing, which introduces some significant advances in key subjects, such as the re ... |
| Latin America breaks ranks in US war on drugs [24.09.2009] | Many countries in the region – most recently Mexico – have decriminalized small amounts of drugs for personal use. The moves have followed decisions ... |
| Drug Decriminalization: A Trend Takes Shape [21.09.2009] | The trend of "drug decriminalization" is quickly taking shape in Latin America. Increasingly, many countries are leaning toward decriminalization as ... |
| Argentina’s supreme court “Arriola” ruling on the possession of drugs for personal consumption [01.09.2009] | Intercambios Asociación Civil applauds the attempt of the Supreme Court Judges to distance the criminal law from drug users, but warns that attention ... |
| Stepping away from the darkness [01.09.2009] | The experiences of countries that have decriminalised drugs show that fears of explosions in drugs use are unfounded. |
| The "Arriola" Ruling of the Supreme Court of Argentina on the Possession of Drugs for Personal Consumption [01.09.2009] | On August 25, 2009, Argentina’s Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina unanimously declared to be unconstitutional the second paragraph of Article 14 ... |
| Mexico decriminalizes small amounts of drugs [27.08.2009] | Last week, the Mexican government announced that it will no longer jail users of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin. Other countries in t ... |
| Argentina’s Supreme Court Rules Sanctions for the Possession of Marijuana Unconstitutional [26.08.2009] | The Argentine Supreme court ruling that declares unconstitutional the imposition of criminal sanctions for the possession of small quantities of mari ... |
| Too many in jail for drugs offenses in Brazil [13.08.2009] | The Ministry of Justice in Brazil announced the results of research that show that there are too many people behind bars in Brazil for drug trafficki ... |
| Setting sights on future of drug policy [05.08.2009] | Participants of the Seminar "Drugs Policies: Progresses and Retrocessions", held in Rio de Janeiro by Viva Rio and the Federal University of Rio de J ... |
| Drug Policy and the Courts: A Brazilian experience [01.08.2009] | This report is a personal response from the author on the issue of Drug Policy and The Courts. A year ago, in the author’s professional practice, he ... |
| City trying to ‘hash out’ pot issue [07.07.2009] | A new Social Affairs Committee report on cannabis has recommended that the City Council seriously consider decriminalisation of the substance’s as be ... |
| Drug Policy Reform in Practice [01.07.2009] | The academic journal Nueva Sociedad recently released an issue to promote the debate in Latin America on drug policy reform. TNI contributed with the ... |
| 5 Years After: Portugal's Drug Decriminalization Policy Shows Positive Results [07.04.2009] | In the face of a growing number of deaths and cases of HIV linked to drug abuse, the Portuguese government in 2001 tried a new tack to get a handle o ... |
| Drug Decriminalization in Portugal [01.04.2009] | On July 1, 2001, a nationwide law in Portugal took effect that decriminalized all drugs, including cocaine and heroin. Under the new legal framework, ... |
| Tráfico de drogas e Constituição [01.03.2009] | This study commissioned by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice underlines the disparity that exists between the depenalization of drug use and the incr ... |
| Ecstasy 'no more dangerous than horse riding' [07.02.2009] | Writing in an academic journal, Professor David Nutt said taking ecstasy was no worse than the risks of "equasy", a term he invented to describe peop ... |
| Drugs and Democracy: Toward a Paradigm Shift [01.02.2009] | The statement presents the main findings of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy. Prohibitionist policies based on the eradication of ... |
| Pardon for Mules in Ecuador [01.02.2009] | At the end of 2008, about 1,500 persons were released who were in Ecuadorian prisons sentenced for drug trafficking. The measure, known as “pardon fo ... |
| On the threshold [01.12.2008] | This paper offers a critique of the UK Government’s decision to abandon its former plans to introduce thresholds into drugs legislation via section 2 ... |
| Voters agree heroin scheme, but throw out dope [30.11.2008] | The Swiss look set to approve the government's drugs policy, including the prescription of heroin to addicts, but will reject a plan to decriminalise ... |
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