Source: Washington Post November 13, 2010 By Helen Coster
MEETING CORE GROUP FOR CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM
On 8 November, the meeting of the core group of the EU Civil Society Forum on Drug Policy took place. Encod is a member of this group (together with Correlation, Irefrea, INPUD, EHRN and EURAD). The first meeting of the core group took place on 15 June 2010.
EUROPE FACES NEW CHALLENGES IN DRUG ISSUES
Source: EMCDDA Lisbon, 10.11.2010
EUROPEAN COMMISSION ANNOUNCES EVALUATION OF DRUG STRATEGY
In an answer to a parliamentary question, Eurocommissioner Viviane Reding announces a new evaluation of drug policy in the European Union. The question remains if its conclusions will have any impact on policymaking at all.
BRITAINS’S DRUGS HYPOCRISY IS A GIANT SELF INFLICTED WOUND
Source: The Guardian 2 November 2010 By Simon Jenkins No minister has the guts to do what’s needed on narcotics: make it harder to drink alcohol, and legalise and tax the rest
CALIFORNIA CITIES APPROVE MARIJUANA TAXES
Source: Drug War Chronicle November 3 2010 By Phillip Smith
A BOY HAS BEEN DEAD
HELP FREE TAITA JUAN
HELP Free Taita Juan, A Major Indigenous Leader Imprisoned in the U.S.
THE NETHERLANDS CAN SAVE 850 MILLIONS LEGALISING SOFT DRUGS
AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE LEGALISATION DEBATE: THE DUTCH CASE By Martijn A. Boermans, The Amsterdam Law Forum 28 October 2010
HIGH TIME TO LEGALISE MARIJUANA
Source: The Financial Times October 27 2010 Editorial