Source: New York Times November 1, 2012 By DAVID JOLLY

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.”

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.

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.

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

De: CMJornal O Bloco de Esquerda (BE) promove, na sexta-feira, uma audição parlamentar sobre a legalização da canábis, que conta com a presença do presidente da Federação Espanhola de Associações Canábicas, Martín Barriuso, e a deputada socialista, Elza Pais.

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