De Europese Coalitie voor Rechtvaardig en Effectief Drugbeleid roept de deelnemers van de conferentie over « Farmalogische vooruitgang en therapeutisch gebruik van cannabis als medicijn » (Europees Parlement op 19 oktober 2012) op om de decriminalisering van de kweek van cannabis voor eigen gebruik te steunen.
ENCOD (Coalition européenne pour des politiques justes et efficaces en matière de drogues) appelle les participants à la conférence Avancées pharmacologiques et utilisations thérapeutiques des Cannabinoïdes en médecine, au Parlement européen le 19 octobre, à soutenir la décriminalisation de la culture domestique de cannabis pour un usage personnel.
The European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies calls on the participants of the conference on « Pharmacologic progress and therapeutic use of cannabis in medicine » (European Parliament on 19 October 2012) to support the decriminalization of the cultivation of cannabis for personal use.
ENCOD’s Statement to the Civil Society Forum on Drugs and the European Commission about the
current situation in international drug policy and the need for regulation, based on Human Rights
and protection of Public Health
Source: The Guardian
16 October 2012
By Simon Jenkins
The sanity of politicians in opposition turns into the darkest taboo in power. This is the greatest failure of modern statecraft
A Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union says more about the selection committee then about the EU.
The EU as an example of democracy, human rights and transparent dialogue? Think again.
Inside the European Union, on a daily basis, human rights are violated and principles of transparency and democracy are overruled by the prohibition on drugs. No serious political debate can take place on the question whether there are safer, healthier and more effective ways to tackle the drug issue.
In december 2004, the European Parliament issued a list of recommendations for European drug policy in which it asked for “measures totally different from those currently selected to achieve the overall EU Drugs Strategy objective, (..) since the relevant proposals are inadequate”.
Nothing happened with these recommendations. In the past 8 years, various experts, former presidents and celebrites have called for an end to the war on drugs. In March 2010, the European Commission published an evaluation report that concludes that drug policies have not only been able to reduce drug problems, they have worsened these problems.
In the coming weeks the European Union will draw up a set of guidelines which will serve as the basis for a Europe wide strategy on drugs for the coming 8 years. The fundament of drug policies, prohibition, remains untouched. Meanwhile, police forces around Europe keep chasing consumers, small dealers and cannabis growers, while harm reduction policies are threatened by cuts in public expenditure.
Drug consumers do not have rights in Europe, they have favours which can be taken away from them any moment.
Who believes the European Union promotes the concept of dialogue with civil society should read the following. This concept has been repeated over and over again in documents released by the various EU drug policy agencies over the past decade; indeed, it was among the main recommendations of many evaluation reports, declarations of EU Drug Summits and even Drug Action Plans. However, such a consultation has never taken place, thanks to the systematic manipulation by the European Commission.
Source: Libération
En trois mois, la France a vu naître 150 «Cannabis social clubs». Un adhérent commente l’essor de ces associations autogérées de consommateurs qui entendent peser dans le débat sur la dépénalisation.
Par WILLY LE DEVIN