On June 1st, Dutch police acted against coffeeshop Checkpoint in Terneuzen, close to the border with Belgium. In the shop itself and in a private house related to the shop, an amount of almost 100 kilos of cannabis was found that was meant to be sold through the coffeeshop. Checkpoint, an ENCOD member, is one […]
“Defeating Afghanistan’s Drug Fix- Forced eradication and legalization are attractive options that are bound to backfire.” Nick Grono and Joanna Nathan, Christian Monitor, 31 May 2007
From a survey carried out last year by the EUROBAROMETER it turns out that 26 % of EU citizens is in favour of legalisation of cannabis.
WHY HARM REDUCTION SHOULD CHALLENGE DRUG PROHIBITION
From 12 to 16 March 2007, the 50th annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs will take place in Vienna. This will be the last time this Commission meets before the crucial deadline of 2008, when an evaluation should be presented of the global efforts on drug control in the past ten […]
On November 7th, 2006, at the Conference “The Road to Vienna 2008” that took place in the European Parliament in Brussels, the following declaration has been agreed upon with the support of Members of the European Parliament from two political groups (GUE/NGL and GREENS) and representatives of more than 50 NGO´s, as well as local […]
Europe and the mumbling grave stones. Presentation in the EP nov 7 2007 Bruxelles Peter Cohen, Encod member, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
NO MORE EXCUSES STATEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN COALITION FOR JUST AND EFFECTIVE DRUG POLICIES (ENCOD) TO THE 49th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE UN COMMISION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS, 13 – 17 MARCH, VIENNA
From 24 to 26 February 2006, the third edition of the yearly Spannabis fair, on technologies to grow and consume the hemp plant, will take place in the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain. Earlier editions of Spannabis and other hemp fairs, which have been organised across Europe since various years, have received between 10 […]
A CHANCE FOR EUROPE THE WAY TOWARDS JUST AND EFFECTIVE DRUG POLICIES STATEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN NGO COUNCIL ON DRUG POLICY TO THE EUROPEAN UNION CONFERENCE ON A NEW STRATEGY ON DRUGS 10/11 MAY 2004 – DUBLIN, IRELAND
