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An Ethical and Effective Global Drugs Policy Is at Last on the Horizon

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 08/21/2015 - 08:45

After 50 years of a failed war against drugs we finally have an opportunity to introduce a rational approach to one of the world's most intractable problems - the illegal drugs trade which is financing terrorism and international crime.

The United Nations will have a Special Session on global drug policy next April and will begin discussions next month in New York. Our Guidance on Interpreting the Drug Conventions, published today, sets out an entirely new vision for global drug policy. The first step is to abandon the hopeless objective of creating a drug free world. Human beings have always taken mood altering drugs, and always will. How many of us can honestly say we never take alcohol, tobacco, coffee, chocolate or tea?

We argue that, above all, the world needs an ethical and evidence based drugs strategy. The aims should be, on the demand side, to enhance public health...

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