Items tagged with decriminalization
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| 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 ... |
| Fate of drug laws hazy but voters will decide [23.10.2008] | A first opinion poll found that the prescription of heroin for addicts stands a good chance of passing on November 30. However, a proposal to decrimi ... |
| Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate [01.09.2008] | Despite cannabis being the most widely used illegal drug, and therefore the mainstay of the ‘war on drugs’, it has only ever held a relatively margin ... |
| The current state of drug policy debate [30.04.2008] | Martin Jelsma, from the Transnational Institute, prepared an analysis for the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, explaining the drug p ... |
| Cannabis dreams drift away [07.04.2008] | Following decades of rising cannabis use and talk of liberalisation, Switzerland had appeared poised to become the marijuana capital of Europe. The c ... |
| Decriminalization of cannabis [01.03.2008] | This paper discusses the case for decriminalization of cannabis use, based on a careful weighting of the currently available evidence regarding advan ... |
| Beyond Punitive Prohibition [01.03.2006] | The primary objective of this paper is to evaluate whether the drug conventions permit states to experiment with alternatives to the punitive prohibi ... |
| "Achterdeur open U" [09.02.2006] | Het Nederlandse cannabisbeleid verkeert al decennia in een internationaalrechtelijke schemerzone, stelt Martin Jelsma van het Transnational Institute ... |
| What Does It Mean to Decriminalize Marijuana? [01.09.2004] | This paper provides a framework for understanding what decriminalization means within the broader context of depenalization. To illustrate these conc ... |
| Pot, politics and the press—reflections on cannabis law reform in Western Australia [31.05.2004] | Windows of opportunity for changing drug laws open infrequently and they often close without legislative change being affected. In this paper the aut ... |
| The Limited Relevance of Drug Policy [01.05.2004] | Decriminalizing cannabis doesn't lead to more widespread use, according to a study comparing cannabis users in two similar cities with opposing canna ... |
| Global Trends. Lessons from Vienna [20.06.2003] | Martin Jelsma analysed the 2003 UNGASS mid-term review and drew some important conclusions for the 10-year review in 2008: "Alliances have to be cons ... |
| Drugs in the UN system [01.04.2003] | The "international community" presented an apparent unanimity in its endorsement of prohibitive drug control at the United Nations General Assembly S ... |
| The role of the quantity in the prosecution of drug offences [01.04.2003] | All countries use legal or judicial means to grade the severity of the offence of drug possession and related actions. Frequently this is done by ref ... |
| Decriminalization of Drug Use in Portugal [01.07.2002] | Drug use is an increasing problem in Portugal. In response, following the advice of a select committee, the Portuguese government has recently issued ... |
| Drug users and the law in the EU [01.03.2002] | Drug laws in the European Union (EU) seek continuously to strike a balance between punishment and treatment. The three United Nations (UN) convention ... |
| Decriminalisation in Europe? [01.11.2001] | This brief report analyses the similarities and differences in legal attitudes to drug use and possession across Europe in light of the recent change ... |
| Evaluating alternative cannabis regimes [31.01.2001] | Cannabis is the cutting-edge drug for reform, the only politically plausible candidate for major legal change, at least decriminalisation (re ... |
| Drug Use Criminalization v. Decriminalization [01.01.2001] | The present paper focuses on the pros & cons of the main dichotomy in the field of drug control policy: that between criminalization and decriminaliz ... |
| The Dutch example shows that liberal drug laws can be beneficial [01.02.2000] | U.S. drug control officials have denounced Dutch drug policy as if it were the devil himself. One former U.S. Drug Czar said "you can't walk down the ... |
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