Items tagged with india and decriminalization
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Modi govt plans changes to NDPS Act, could decriminalise possession of small quantities of drugs [14.11.2021] | In an attempt to help the victims of drug abuse to come out of addiction, the Narendra Modi government is planning to decriminalise personal consumpt ... |
Avoid jail for drug users, seizure of small amounts: Social justice ministry [24.10.2021] | In its suggestion to review the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of India ... |
Is it time to decriminalise Cannabis use in India? [23.10.2021] | The consumption of Cannabis (Ganja) and its resin (Charas) has been a punishable offence in India since 1985 after the enactment of the Narcotic Drug ... |
Should India make cannabis legal? [19.09.2020] | According to former Narcotics Commissioner Romesh Bhattacharjee cannabis is cultivated in nearly 60 per cent, or 400, of India’s 670 districts. “Sinc ... |
Case for decriminalising cannabis use in India [20.08.2020] | Criminalising cannabis use in India has been a much-debated topic. Vidhi’s new research study shows that it has had little impact on reduction of dru ... |
Should Punjab government legalise opium? Here's what leaders have to say [03.10.2018] | Consuming opium and poppy husk is not considered bad in Punjab. It is called 'kali nagini ' (black female serpent) and people from all walks of life ... |
'Decriminalise consumption of drugs to cure Udta Punjab' [23.08.2018] | As Punjab, Manipur, Mizoram and Assam battle rampant drug abuse among its populace, a leading independent think-tank involved in legal research stron ... |
Why the Parliament must carefully consider a private members’ bill to decriminalise natural drugs [03.11.2016] | In the coming session of the Parliament of India, Dharam Vira Gandhi, a member of parliament from Patiala, will table a private member’s bill to amen ... |
Bill for legalised supply of opium, marijuana cleared for Parliament [01.11.2016] | A proposed legislation to legalise and start regulated supply of traditional intoxicants such as opium and cannabis is likely to be placed in front o ... |
Legalise soft drugs like marijuana, opium to wean away addicts: Punjab MP [17.08.2016] | Suspended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP from Patiala Dr Dharamvira Gandhi wants the Centre to legalise the use of drugs like opium and marijuana to discou ... |
High hopes: Punjab's Swaraj Party wants to decriminalise opium & cannabis [01.07.2016] | The Swaraj Party has advocated decriminalisation of organic drugs, such as poppy husk, opium and cannabis, by bringing out a suitable amendment in th ... |
Scholars, politicians kick off debate on legalising drug sale [05.02.2016] | With less than a year before the Assembly elections, several civil society activists, scholars and politicians — for the first time — have joined han ... |
Make cannabis consumption legal; ban is turning people alcoholic [10.12.2015] | Tathagata Satpathy, the BJD’s chief whip in the Lok Sabha, called for legalisation of cannabis consumption. It was not the first time the four-time M ... |
Cannabis ban is elitist. It should go: Tathagata Satpathy [28.03.2015] | BJD chief whip in Lok Sabha (India's lower house in parliament) Tathagata Satpathy recently admitted on social media that he smoked cannabis in his y ... |
Drug policy in India [14.02.2015] | India’s response to drugs flows along an extraordinary spectrum – of tradition and modernity; of widespread availability and stringent enforcement; o ... |
Too harsh to work [16.12.2014] | There is no appetite in India for a serious conversation on drugs. The prime minister’s recent radio talk on the subject confirms that. Yet, drugs an ... |
The Rise and Decline of Cannabis Prohibition [10.03.2014] | The cannabis plant has been used for spiritual, medicinal and recreational purposes since the early days of civilization. In this report the Transnat ... |
How to do drugs right [24.12.2012] | Recently, two states in the US, Washington and Colorado, liberalised their narcotics laws and decriminalised recreational marijuana. India though, is ... |
The development of international drug control [01.02.2011] | The emergence of more pragmatic and less punitive approaches to the drugs issue may represent the beginning of change in the current global drug cont ... |
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