Source: The Daily Beast 15 August 2009 By Paul Schrodt
DO HUMANS NEED TO GET HIGH?
Source: Time.com 21 August 2009 By: Jonathan Beaty
ARGENTINIAN SUPREME COURT DEPENALIZES MARIJUANA USE
Source: BBC News 26 August 2009
COCA CHEWING OUT OF THE CONVENTIONS IN 18 MONTHS?
ECOSOC adopts procedure for Bolivia’s amendment Source: Transnational Institute 21 August 2009 By: Martin Jelsma
MEXICO LEGALIZES POSSESSION FOR PERSONAL USE
Source: New York Times 21 August 2009 By AP
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IACM BULLETIN
IACM-Bulletin 16 August 2009
ENCODS LETTER TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
On 12 August, ENCODs Steering Committee sent the following letter to Carel Edwards, head of the EU Anti-Drugs Unit, concerning the status of the so-called “European Action on Drugs” As a result, the SC members had a meeting with Timo Jetsu, NGO liaison officer at the Anti Drugs Unit in Brussels on Thursday 3 September. […]
LATIN AMERICA ON ITS WAY TO LEGALIZING DRUGS
Source: Latin American Herald-Tribune (Venezuela) 7 August 2009
A COCAINE EPIDEMIC?
Source: Financial Times 1 August 2009 People will tell you that the waste, destruction and misery caused by the prohibition of drugs pale into insignificance compared with the chaos that would follow a lifting of the ban, writes Tom Feiling. Making a substance as addictive as cocaine freely available would, according to Antonio Maria Costa, […]