Items tagged with law enforcement
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| Sadiq Khan drug ‘decriminalisation’ plan ‘does not go far enough’, say experts [05.01.2022] | Sadiq Khan’s proposed plan to end the prosecution of young people caught with cannabis in three London boroughs “does not go far enough”, according t ... |
| D.A. Chesa Boudin joins critics of Breed’s Tenderloin crackdown to protest plan [20.12.2021] | District Attorney Chesa Boudin joined other elected officials and activists to criticize Mayor London Breed’s plan to flood San Francisco’s Tenderloi ... |
| S.F. Mayor Breed declares state of emergency in the Tenderloin [18.12.2021] | San Francisco Mayor London Breed declared a state of emergency in the Tenderloin, allowing city officials to bypass some bureaucratic hurdles as they ... |
| ‘We will give up ganja cultivation if MSP is guaranteed for agriculture produce,’ say Odisha villagers [23.11.2021] | Despite knowing that they could be penalised under provisions of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, for growing cannabis, vil ... |
| Germany moves to legalise cannabis in economy-boosting bid after Merkel departure [18.11.2021] | The political parties known as the "traffic light" coalition are pushing for a change in legislation meaning the sale of cannabis will be legal for c ... |
| Radical relook at drug policies puts human rights into equation [09.11.2021] | A “radically innovative” new analysis of global drug policies has laid bare the full impact repressive drug laws and their implementation have on mil ... |
| You’ll never have a drug-free society, expert warns UK [07.11.2021] | The Home Office should climb off its “high horse of oppression and prohibition” and stop pursuing the “fantasy” of a drug-free society, the chair of ... |
| The pros, cons and unknowns of legal cannabis in Canada 3 years later [24.10.2021] | The legalization of cannabis in Canada just had its third anniversary, which means it's time for the federal government to review and possibly tweak ... |
| Graft, drug trafficking threaten Albania's chances of joining EU [04.10.2021] | Researcher Fatjona Mejdini states that the drug problem had its roots in 1991, when Albania went from an isolated communist dictatorship straight to ... |
| UK drug laws used as tool of systemic racism, says ex-No 10 adviser [29.09.2021] | Britain’s drug laws are racist and cause “high levels of mental health harm” among black people, a former No 10 race adviser has said. Simon Woolley ... |
| Autistic man set out of home ‘after growing single cannabis plant’ [18.06.2021] | The mayor of a town in North Brabant has been accused of acting too harshly after allegedly setting an autistic man out of his home when he was disco ... |
| Tough local drug law enforcement ‘making innocent people homeless’ [14.05.2021] | Tough anti-drug enforcement is making innocent citizens and children homeless, according to ombudsmen in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague. Each yea ... |
| Generations of Albanians lived off cannabis production. Can they stop? [12.04.2021] | Large-scale cannabis cultivation in Albania dates to the early 1990s, not long after the fall of the country’s Communist dictatorship, when the parlo ... |
| Colombia’s cartels target Europe with cocaine, corruption and torture [11.04.2021] | At 5am on a chilly Tuesday morning last month, 1,600 police officers and balaclava-wearing special forces, bristling with arms and battering rams, we ... |
| Christiania residence ban an abuse of power, contends Danish Institute for Human Rights [31.03.2021] | Christoffer Badse, the head of the Danish Institute for Human Rights, has accused the government of abusing its power with the continuance of its res ... |
| Met may change stop and search tactics on cannabis possession [18.03.2021] | The Metropolitan police could change how it deals with cannabis possession amid concerns stop and search powers damage community relations, and yield ... |
| Tunisia slashes 30-year jail terms for pot-smoking trio [10.03.2021] | A court significantly reduced 30-year jail terms for three Tunisians convicted of smoking cannabis, in a case that sparked debate in the country abou ... |
| House OKs bill that presumes drug suspects guilty until proven innocent [02.03.2021] | The House of Representatives passed a bill providing for legal presumption on who is considered an importer, financier, or protector of illegal drugs ... |
| What has changed in the year since cannabis possession was legalised in the ACT? [31.01.2021] | Dire warnings of legal loopholes, a mental health crisis and drug driving fears accompanied the legalisation of cannabis in the ACT last year. But on ... |
| 'The capital of crack' - Why can't Paris deal with its drug problem? [17.12.2020] | For 30 years, crack has been the bane of this part of the capital, near Place Stalingrad, in the less glamorous northeast of the city. Since last yea ... |
| Legalization advocates hope to end Mexico’s drug war [12.12.2020] | A determined political movement to end the war on drugs has taken shape across Europe and North America. Harm reduction advocates say lives can be sa ... |
| U.S. 'war on drugs' in Latin America needs overhaul amid COVID-19 challenges, report says [01.12.2020] | The United States’ anti-drug policy in Latin America needs to change if Washington is to effectively combat a problem worsened by the COVID-19 pandem ... |
| Crime commissioner says its "ludicrous" to chase drug addicts who need help [06.11.2020] | The man running the UK’s most progressive drug diversion scheme believes it’s “totally ludicrous” for officers to seek to arrest drug users at a mobi ... |
| Legalising cocaine is ‘something to consider,’ says Antwerp mayor [10.10.2020] | Legalising cocaine is “an option that people need to dare to consider,” according to the mayor of Antwerp, Bart De Wever (N-VA). De Wever, whose port ... |
| Revealed: Drug law change sees sharp fall in drug users prosecuted; bias against Māori remains [01.10.2020] | A "watershed" change to drug laws last year has seen a significant drop in police prosecutions for drug use and an increase in warnings and alternati ... |
| Controversial new EU drug agenda puts Europe, Morocco at risk [12.09.2020] | The EU is planning to combine migration, counter-terrorism, and security in its new repressive anti-drug agenda that could have far-reaching conseque ... |
| In 2017-18, 97% drugs cases in Mumbai courts over possession: study [09.09.2020] | Over 97 per cent of drug-related cases decided by Mumbai courts in 2017 and 2018 involved possession for personal consumption, according to a study b ... |
| Let's decriminalise casual cannabis use [08.09.2020] | The number of drug offences continue to increase in Germany – a very real issue for the country. Drug Commissioner Daniela Ludwig is of course on the ... |
| Police routinely use drug powers to 'bully people', says former Chief Inspector [04.09.2020] | A former chief inspector has said he believes that over a third of drug stop-and-searches by UK police are used “as an excuse to harass people”, afte ... |
| Where calling the police isn’t the only option [03.09.2020] | Skeptics of the movement to defund or abolish police departments often invoke the threat of a 911 call in the middle of the night that goes unanswere ... |
| Where vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris stands on marijuana [12.08.2020] | Joe Biden has selected Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) as his vice presidential running mate. She has evolved significantly on marijuana policy over her ca ... |
| The EU should not fight drugs but reduce harms [05.08.2020] | The European Commission has published its new EU drug strategy (now called the Drugs Agenda), which is part of a wider Security Union strategy entitl ... |
| Campaigners demand reform as official figures show one in five found guilty of cannabis possession is black [03.08.2020] | One in five of those found guilty of cannabis possession in England and Wales last year was black, official figures show, prompting accusations of ra ... |
| Poor IT skills mean investigations into money laundering rarely bear fruit [27.07.2020] | Only a handful of the tens of thousands of annual reports of suspected money laundering end up in court case because watchdog staff lack IT expertise ... |
| France extends police powers in crackdown on drugs trade [25.07.2020] | France’s new prime minister Jean Castex announced plans to introduce on-the-spot fines for some drug offences amid mounting concern about over-stretc ... |
| Police chiefs call on federal government to decriminalize possession of illicit drugs for personal use [09.07.2020] | The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police is calling on federal lawmakers to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs for pe ... |
| ‘War on drugs’ blamed for deaths of at least 122 children in Philippines [30.06.2020] | At least 122 children, including a one-year-old, have been killed during President Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs” in the Philippines, according to ... |
| ‘If the police aren’t needed, let’s leave them out completely’ [23.06.2020] | Every weekday morning, mental health clinician Carleigh Sailon turns on her police radio in downtown Denver and finds out who she can help next. She, ... |
| Coca leaf: Myths and Reality [16.06.2020] | Many myths surround coca. Every day press accounts around the world use the word coca in their headlines, when they refer in fact to cocaine. TNI's D ... |
| Criminalization that never should have been: Cannabis [12.06.2020] | As the House debates ways to reform policing in the United States, it’s critical that we not only analyze the structures under which law enforcement ... |
| Police uncovers 'wee' enclave in Volta Region [11.06.2020] | The Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service has recently uncovered hundreds of acres of farmla ... |
| NSW police pursue 80% of Indigenous people caught with cannabis through courts [10.06.2020] | Police in New South Wales pursue more than 80% of Indigenous people found with small amounts of cannabis through the courts while letting others off ... |
| A massive Asian drug bust has stirred a fentanyl mystery [10.06.2020] | As the UNODC put it, this was “one of the largest and most successful counternarcotics operations” in Asia’s history. Myanmar’s army and police, whic ... |
| Philippines police may have killed tens of thousands with 'near impunity' in drug war – UN [04.06.2020] | Tens of thousands of people may have been killed in the war on drugs since mid-2016 in the Philippines, amid “near impunity” for police and incitemen ... |
| Police minister backs eased enforcement against cannabis users [03.06.2020] | Public Security Minister Amir Ohana signaled support for easing enforcement of laws against marijuana use. Ohana, whose ministry oversees the police, ... |
| Cannabis cultivation in Albania expected to increase [01.06.2020] | Albania is expected to see an increase of cannabis production in the wake of the coronavirus. According to a report compiled by Europol, the cultivat ... |
| 'Instead of doctors, they send police to kill us': locked-down Rio faces deadly raids [18.05.2020] | Police operations and body bags are nothing new to Rio, where state police killed a record 1,810 people last year, nearly five a day. But with the ci ... |
| Cambodian official says human rights 'need to be put aside' in drug war [13.05.2020] | A Cambodian official defended an anti-drug campaign that has been decried as rife with abuses, saying human rights “need to be put aside” to fight dr ... |
| Failures in treatment and policing behind 'boom in illegal drugs' [27.02.2020] | Disappearing and underfunded drug treatment services and fruitless attempts to restrict the flow of illegal substances into the country underpin a bo ... |
| 'Shock and awe' has failed in Philippines drug war, enforcement chief says [07.02.2020] | Colonel Romeo Caramat, the head of drug enforcement for the Philippine National Police, said that ultra-violent approach to curbing illicit drugs had ... |
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