Items tagged with decriminalization and colombia
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| Drug Decriminalisation Across the World [31.12.2030] | The criminalisation of people who use drugs compounds drug-related challenges and worsens health and welfare outcomes. Across the world, there is a g ... |
| Colombia, largest cocaine supplier to U.S., considers decriminalizing [20.08.2022] | Colombia is the largest producer of cocaine in the world, the source of more than 90 percent of the drug seized in the United States. It’s home to th ... |
| Colombia [31.12.2019] | Overview of drug laws, legislative trends and drug policies in Colombia Colombia is in the midst of a peace process with the guerrilla groups, which ... |
| UN Common Position on drug policy [01.12.2019] | In November 2018, the UN System CEB adopted the ‘UN system common position supporting the implementation of the international drug control policy thr ... |
| People in Latin America are starting to turn against outlawing marijuana [27.02.2017] | Sentiments in Latin America in favor of outlawing marijuana appear to be undergoing shifts in some countries, according to a study published the Inte ... |
| Cannabis in Latin America and the Caribbean [15.09.2016] | Cannabis (or marihuana) is one of the most widely consumed psychoactive substances in the world. According to the United Nations World Drug Report, 1 ... |
| ‘Addicted to punishment' [13.04.2016] | Latin American leaders may be patting themselves on the back for engineering next week’s Special Session of the UN General Assembly in New York to re ... |
| The old global consensus on the war on drugs is crumbling [09.04.2016] | Once a decade, the United Nations organizes a meeting where every country in the world comes together to figure out what to do about drugs — and up t ... |
| Colombia’s Supreme Court removes cap on legal amount of drugs [14.03.2016] | Colombia’s Supreme Court has overruled a previous ruling in which it had set a maximum amount of marijuana a person can carry. The latest sentence ma ... |
| Latin America’s crackdown on drugs defies its progressive rhetoric [12.11.2015] | “We were having dinner—my daughter, grandchild, and me,” says Ramona, a 67-year-old Mexican woman who is serving a sentence of four-and-a-half years ... |
| Surge in imprisonment for drug offenses raises questions over decriminalization law [11.11.2015] | A report by the Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law (Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho - CEDD), reveals that the number of people imprisone ... |
| Colombia decriminalizes marijuana cultivation up to 20 plants [11.08.2015] | Colombia’s Supreme Court ruled that growing up to 20 plants of marijuana is not a crime. The possession of small amounts of the drug had already been ... |
| Latin America rethinks drug policies [26.05.2015] | During the 1980s and 1990s, as the United States battled the scourge of cocaine throughout the hemisphere, Washington did most of the talking. Latin ... |
| The year in drug policy: Movement at a crossroads [26.12.2014] | The 43-year-old war on drugs had never seen such a barrage of opposition as it did in 2014, with successful marijuana legalization initiatives in sev ... |
| New drug bill 'to decriminalise ecstasy' in Colombia [30.01.2013] | Colombia's Justice Minister, Ruth Stella Correa, has said a new drugs bill would decriminalise personal use of synthetic drugs, such as ecstasy. The ... |
| Bogotá’s medical care centres for drug addicts (CAMAD) [31.10.2012] | In September 2012, the mayor of Bogotá, Gustavo Petro, launched the first centre for drug addicts in the Bronx, a marginalised city-centre neighbourh ... |
| Colombia Decriminalizes Cocaine and Marijuana [02.07.2012] | Colombia's Constitutional Court approved the government's proposal to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cocaine and marijuana for pers ... |
| Colombia court upholds no jail time for drug use [28.06.2012] | Colombia's Constitutional Court has ruled that people cannot be jailed for possessing cocaine and marijuana for personal use. The decision ratifies a ... |
| A breakthrough in the making? [25.06.2012] | Remarkable drug policy developments are taking place in Latin America. This is not only at the level of political debate, but is also reflected in ac ... |
| Drug Policy in the Andes [15.12.2011] | Fifty years after signing the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and 40 years after the U.S. government declared a "war on drugs," ma ... |
| Colombia Takes Step Towards Drug Decriminalization [25.08.2011] | Colombia's Supreme Court ruled against harsh punishments for small-time drug offenders, in a move towards easing up Colombia's zero-tolerance drug la ... |
| The drug legalization debate [17.10.2010] | Foreign minister Maria Angela Holguín’s statement of last Sunday 10 October is of great importance. According to this statement, Colombia should take ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
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