Items tagged with decriminalization
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| Argentina [31.12.2019] | Overview of drug laws and legislative trends in Argentina Trend Following the Supreme Court judgement known as the Arriola Ruling, the progressive tr... |
| Colombia [31.12.2019] | Overview of drug laws, legislative trends and drug policies in Colombia Colombia is in the midst of a peace process with the guerrilla groups, which ... |
| Comparing models of drug decriminalisation [31.12.2019] | Decriminalisation refers to the repeal of laws and policies that define drug use and/or the possession of drugs for personal use as a criminal offenc... |
| The UN Drug Control Conventions [31.12.2019] | For more than ten years, TNI’s Drugs & Democracy programme has been studying the UN drug control conventions and the institutional architecture of th... |
| Slowing the legal weed freight train [12.02.2019] | Sabet's strategy for sabotaging legalization is to offer legislators what he calls "a true decriminalization and justice" bill, which would do away w... |
| History, not harm, dictates why some drugs are legal and others aren’t [30.01.2019] | Drug-related offences take up a lot of the resources within Australia’s criminal justice system. In 2016–17 law enforcement made 113,533 illicit drug... |
| Luxembourg in talks with Canada over how to legalise recreational cannabis [16.01.2019] | Discussions between Luxembourg and Canada are under way to establish how the Grand Duchy will legalise cannabis and sell the drug for recreational us... |
| AG: Marijuana consultations to start this month [14.01.2019] | Public consultations on the decriminalisation of marijuana in Trinidad and Tobago will begin on January 23. Despite calls for the drug to be legalise... |
| AMOR: Legalise marijuana [10.01.2019] | All Mansions Of Rastafari (AMOR) said it was not enough to decriminalise marijuana in Trinidad and Tobago, but it should also be legalised. Attorney ... |
| Decriminalisation of marijuana in T&T by June 2019 says Rowley [22.12.2018] | Marijuana should decriminalised in Trinidad and Tobago by mid-2019. Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley made the revelation while speaking with reporters... |
| New Zealand to hold referendum on legalising recreational cannabis [18.12.2018] | New Zealand will hold a referendum on whether to legalise cannabis for recreational use at the general election in 2020, a week after legalising cann... |
| Thames Valley Police 'won't arrest drug users' in pilot [17.12.2018] | People found with "small quantities of illegal drugs" will not be arrested and instead urged to engage with support services, as part of a police pil... |
| St Vincent Parliament approves legislation decriminalising marijuana [14.12.2018] | St Vincent and the Grenadines has become the first Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) member to pass legislation allowing for the decrim... |
| Safer opioids actively being reviewed for epidemic: chief public health officer [12.12.2018] | Public health officials across Canada are seriously considering increasing the supply of safer opioids to quell a crisis that newly released data sho... |
| Barbados PM comments on decriminalisation of marijuana [08.12.2018] | The Barbados government says it will soon develop a framework for medical cannabis, even as it noted that decriminalisation of marijuana for recreati... |
| France introduces fixed fine for drug use [25.11.2018] | The French Assemblée Nationale has voted to introduce a fixed €200 fine for the use of narcotics - and cannabis in particular - in an effort to step ... |
| Cannabis : l’Assemblée adopte la création d’une amende forfaitaire [24.11.2018] | L’Assemblée nationale a voté la création d’une amende forfaitaire de 200 euros pour sanctionner l’usage illicite de stupéfiants, jusqu’alors réprimé ... |
| Harm reduction is the right way to treat drug abuse [24.11.2018] | Portugal’s policies are based on “ harm reduction ” approaches pioneered in countries such as Switzerland in the 1980s. The idea is to emphasise trea... |
| Marijuana bill due before Antigua-Barbuda parliament before Christmas [24.11.2018] | A bill that will allow residents to possess and use small quantities of marijuana will go before parliament on 12 December for the first time. Accord... |
| Drug law reform comes to Mexico [15.11.2018] | Last month, Mexico’s Supreme Court handed down two decisions that effectively overturned Mexico’s longstanding ban on the personal use of marijuana. ... |
| Des associations étrillent le projet d’amende pour usage de stupéfiants [14.11.2018] | Réforme « inutile et injuste », « combat d’arrière-garde », « échec annoncé » … Les représentants de huit organisations ont étrillé le projet de créa... |
| Police drugs lead 'impressed' by cannabis clubs [13.11.2018] | Hardyal Dhindsa, who is the lead on substance abuse for the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, has said the war on drugs is not working. ... |
| Majority of British public support legalisation of cannabis, survey reveals [29.10.2018] | The British public strongly supports the legalisation of cannabis, according to a new poll. Fifty-nine per cent of people surveyed strongly support o... |
| What the Dutch can teach the world about cannabis [26.10.2018] | On October 17, Canada became the first large economy to legalise recreational weed. ( Uruguay blazed the trail in 2013.) From November 1, doctors can... |
| Egypt MP pushes for cannabis decriminalisation, faces backlash [16.10.2018] | An Egyptian MP has proposed a draft law that would see users of drugs such as cannabis and tramadol receive therapeutic treatment rather than face pr... |
| Support grows for marijuana decriminalisation across region [16.10.2018] | The chairperson of the Caricom Regional Commission on Marijuana Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine says there's much support across the region for th... |
| Should Punjab government legalise opium? Here's what leaders have to say [03.10.2018] | Consuming opium and poppy husk is not considered bad in Punjab. It is called 'kali nagini ' (black female serpent) and people from all walks of life ... |
| History of dagga in SA shows its decriminalisation is overdue [25.09.2018] | The Constitutional Court's decision that citizens are permitted to use dagga in private turned the clock back 96 years. Before it was declared a proh... |
| South African court frees cannabis from colonial and apartheid past [23.09.2018] | A ruling by the South African Constitutional Court opens the way for decriminalising private use of cannabis, locally known as “dagga”. It marks a de... |
| Let’s cultivate laws for a cannabis industry centred on uplifting the rural poor [19.09.2018] | The Constitutional Court judgment on cannabis probably made a lot of people happy because, across all sectors of society, people smoke weed and have,... |
| ConCourt Cannabis Judgment: What was the reasoning and what does it mean? [18.09.2018] | The Constitutional Court decriminalised the possession and cultivation of cannabis in private by adults for personal private consumption in Minister ... |
| Dagga: ConCourt says yes to getting high in private [18.09.2018] | In a unanimous judgment, the Constitutional Court ordered that the private consumption and cultivation of cannabis be decriminalised. Deputy Chief Ju... |
| Former Nigerian leader Obasanjo urges West African govts to decriminalise drugs [11.09.2018] | West African governments should overhaul their drug laws to decriminalise personal use and prioritise treatment as a response to rising substance abu... |
| PM: Government to review marijuana legislation in 2019 [09.09.2018] | Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says Government will examine marijuana legislation in 2019 with a view toward possibly decriminalising the plant. Rowl... |
| 'Decriminalise consumption of drugs to cure Udta Punjab' [23.08.2018] | As Punjab, Manipur, Mizoram and Assam battle rampant drug abuse among its populace, a leading independent think-tank involved in legal research stron... |
| Ganja: Discovering the future [22.08.2018] | Despite cannabis being an integral part of the Jamaican identity, just five years ago local laws did not reflect the realities of its use in the coun... |
| Health Minister David Clark in favour of liberalising drug laws [31.07.2018] | Health Minister David Clark is personally in favour of more liberal drug laws because prohibition has not worked in the past. But Clark would not com... |
| NACOB calls for decriminalisation of narcotic drug use [31.07.2018] | The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) of Ghana, Mr Michael Addo, has called for the decriminalisation of narcotic dru... |
| Constitutional court outlaws all punishment for cannabis consumption in Georgia [30.07.2018] | The Constitutional Court of Georgia ruled that people can no longer face administrative punishments, such as fines, for consuming cannabis. The decis... |
| Legalising recreational ganja still off the table in SVG [26.07.2018] | The Ralph Gonsalves government will amend the laws of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to decriminalise marijuana use for medicinal and religious purpo... |
| Weeks: we need to talk about cannabis [25.07.2018] | More changes to the law on cannabis could be in the works, the Minister of Social Development and Sport in Bermuda has signalled. Michael Weeks said ... |
| Public consultations on decriminalising marijuana [24.07.2018] | Government and the Caribbean Collective For Justice (CCFJ) have agreed there should be public consultations about the decriminalising of marijuana. A... |
| Police ‘decriminalising cannabis’ as prosecutions fall away [14.07.2018] | Police forces are in effect decriminalising cannabis, campaigners say, after uncovering figures that show a substantial fall in the number of prosecu... |
| CARICOM report says legalize marijuana use [09.07.2018] | The CARICOM Regional Commission on Marijuana has recommended the declassification of marijuana as a dangerous drug in all legislation and the reclass... |
| Toronto’s chief medical officer calls for decriminalization of all drugs for personal use [09.07.2018] | Toronto’s chief medical officer is calling for the decriminalization – and potential legalization – of all drugs for personal use as a way to curb ri... |
| Incoming Mexican president to seek negotiated peace in drug war [06.07.2018] | Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s transition team unveiled a plan to shake up the fight against crime, including reduced jail tim... |
| CARICOM heads to consider dismantling marijuana prohibition [02.07.2018] | The dismantling of the prohibition of marijuana in its totality across member states is a key recommendation contained in the report of the CARICOM R... |
| Grenada PM contemplates decriminalising marijuana [25.06.2018] | Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell believes the time has come for Grenada to reconsider decriminalising the use of marijuana and other forms of recreat... |
| Reform of drug laws begins as bill passes first reading [17.06.2018] | The National Legislative Assembly passed by a landslide vote the three narcotics control policy bills, which are an effort by authorities to reform o... |
| Better to Ask Forgiveness Than Permission [15.06.2018] | In recent years, the international debate on drug policy reform has intensified, and with it has come a productive exchange of information between ac... |
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