Source: UN Information Service November 15, 2012 INCB President voices concern about the outcome of recent referenda about non-medical use of cannabis in the United States in a number of states El organismo internacional advirtió a Estados Unidos que la legalización de la hierba para fines recreativos viola los tratados de control internacional de drogas […]
LATINAMERICAN LEADERS CALL FOR DRUG POLICY REVIEW AFTER 2 US STATES VOTE TO LEGALISE CANNABIS
Source: Vancouver Sun November 12, 2012 By E. Eduardo Castillo and Michael Weissenstein,
COLORADO AND WASHINGTON HAVE LEGALIZED MARIJUANA
Source: Reason.com 6 November 2012 By Jacob Sullum
HSBC CAUGHT IN NEW DRUG MONEY LAUNDERING SCANDAL
Source: Global Research November 02, 2012 By Tom Burghardt
AMSTERDAM MAYOR SAYS COFFEESHOPS WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR TOURISTS
Source: New York Times November 1, 2012 By DAVID JOLLY
PVDA PLEEGT KIEZERSBEDROG
Bron: Maastricht Dichtbij 29 oktober 2012 Door Henri Heanen en Maarten van Laarhoven Kiezersbedrog? ,,Ja, natuurlijk pleegt de PvdA kiezersbedrog”, zegt voorzitter Marc Josemans van de Vereniging van Officiële Coffeeshophouders Maastricht (VOCM). ,,De PvdA heeft de belangen van een half miljoen cannabisconsumenten verkwanseld.”
DRUG “SHOOTING GALLERIES” TO BE TESTED BY FRANCE
Source: France 24 October 22, 2012 by Joseph BAMAT France’s health minister, Marisol Touraine, has said trial centres where drug addicts can safely inject their own drugs could open before the end of the year in a handful of French cities.
RADICAL REFORM NEEDED IN GLOBAL DRUG POLICIES
Source: LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE 23 October 2012 The global war on drugs has failed and international policy requires radical reform to remove outmoded, unscientific thinking, according to a major new report from the London School of Economics and Political Science which has been endorsed by President Santos of Colombia.
A FRESH APPROACH TO DRUGS
IT’S DRUGS POLITICS, NOT POLICY, THAT NEEDS AN INQUIRY
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