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 ... |
| Drug law failing its purpose as undeserving people get jailed [11.11.2019] | A “draconian” drug law in Malta has forced a magistrate to jail a 39-year-old woman for six months for cultivating six small cannabis plants for her ... |
| Decriminalization of personal use is a responsible pathway to controlling drugs [06.11.2019] | Similar to other countries in the region, Ghana is experiencing growing drug availability, trafficking and consumption. This phenomenon, more and mor ... |
| SNP formally backs decriminalisation of drugs [13.10.2019] | The SNP has backed decriminalising the possession and consumption of drugs. At its conference in Aberdeen, a resolution was unanimously passed by del ... |
| Canada’s drug crisis has a solution. Politicians don’t like it [29.09.2019] | A recent study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Addiction, found that a trio of policies adopted to combat the opioid overdose epidemic saved, ... |
| Laws to legalise cannabis for personal use in the ACT could pass next week [20.09.2019] | Laws that would legalise cannabis for personal use could be passed next week but the government has warned possessing and growing the drug could stil ... |
| Malaysia's Government looks to decriminalise drug use in bid to stem disadvantage [14.09.2019] | The non-descript white van parked at the mosque entrance went mostly unnoticed. In conservative Malaysia, very few of the Muslim faithful on their wa ... |
| Mexico court allows recreational cocaine in landmark decision [21.08.2019] | A judge in Mexico City has ruled in favor of two people requesting permission to use cocaine recreationally, marking the "first ruling of its kind," ... |
| A step change in the approach to addiction [07.08.2019] | The passing of the Misuse of Drugs Amendment marks a significant shift in how the Government deals with the possession and use of controlled substanc ... |
| French cannabis legalization debate ignores race, religion and the mass incarceration of Muslims [07.08.2019] | Last summer in France, dozens of “CBD cafés” suddenly opened across the country. Exploiting a legal loophole originally created for hemp farmers, the ... |
| Those caught with drugs won't face criminal conviction until third offence under radical 'three-strike' plan [02.08.2019] | A 'three-strike' plan that will see people caught with small amounts of illegal drugs avoid criminal conviction on the first and second occasion but ... |
| Drug laws on possession: several countries are revisiting them and these are their options [02.08.2019] | Many countries are changing the way they approach people who use drugs. The Irish government has just announced possible alternatives to criminalisat ... |
| New York governor signs bill decriminalizing marijuana use [29.07.2019] | New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed a bill decriminalizing the use of marijuana in the state and expunge the records of some people convicted on ca ... |
| St Kitts Gov't tables legislation to allow for marijuana use [29.07.2019] | The St Kitts-Nevis government said it would table legislation in the Parliament allowing for the regulated and controlled use of marijuana for medici ... |
| St Vincent hops onto ganja train [27.07.2019] | The St Vincent and the Grenadines Parliament has amended legislation that would make smoking two ounces (56 grammes) or less of marijuana a ticketabl ... |
| No punishment for minors with small amounts of cannabis [18.07.2019] | Possession of less than 10 grams of cannabis is not a punishable offence in Switzerland, regardless of whether you are a minor or an adult, the Feder ... |
| Congressional committee discusses how to legalize cannabis [10.07.2019] | In a first-of-its-kind hearing, a key congressional committee met to discuss how to finally put an end to federal cannabis prohibition. Titled Mariju ... |
| Bar Council welcomes Govt move to decriminalise drugs [08.07.2019] | The Malaysian Bar has welcomed the government's decision to decriminalise drugs, saying that these reforms are essential to a holistic drug policy. M ... |
| Majority of Dutch councils ban drug use in public [03.07.2019] | A new survey shows that almost two-thirds of Dutch towns ban drug use in public. Despite the national policy of ‘tolerance’ to certain soft drug use, ... |
| INCB stronger than ever before on decriminalisation, capital punishment & extrajudicial killings [28.06.2019] | The INCB dedicated one of its latest series of Alerts, from June 2019, to the issue of ‘State responses to drug-related criminality’, covering decrim ... |
| Push to decriminalise ice use as bar backs public health approach [26.06.2019] | The personal use and possession of ice and other illicit drugs would be decriminalised in NSW under a public health-driven plan backed by the Bar Ass ... |
| Global marijuana use rose by 60 percent over the past decade [26.06.2019] | The global story about cannabis — the most-used recreational drug in the world — is about as fuzzy as your body feels after taking your first hit. Wh ... |
| Swiss police want more clarity on cannabis [15.06.2019] | The number of fines related to cannabis dropped from 18,000 in 2017 to barely more than 7,000 last year. French-speaking cantons and Zurich especiall ... |
| No charges for personal drug possession: Seattle’s bold gamble to bring ‘peace’ after the war on drugs [11.06.2019] | Late last year, prosecutors in King County, which encompasses Seattle, became the first in the nation to stop charging people for possessing small am ... |
| 'These are healing plants': Oakland decriminalizes magic mushrooms [05.06.2019] | Oakland has become the second city in the US to decriminalize magic mushrooms and other psychedelics, with a policy that activists hope will spark a ... |
| Oakland council may board magic bus by decriminalizing natural psychedelics [27.05.2019] | Oakland could become the second city in the country to decriminalize certain natural psychedelics — including “magic mushrooms” — if elected leaders ... |
| How to legalize every drug [22.05.2019] | As Canada continues to work out the kinks of legalizing cannabis—and jurisdictions around the world follow suit—harm reduction advocates and drug pol ... |
| Proposals to liberalise cannabis laws expected before Cabinet [21.05.2019] | The plans envisage a move to providing drug counselling, addiction treatment and other health interventions for many users found in possession of sma ... |
| Mexico's president wants to change how the drug war is fought, and he may be heading for a showdown with Trump [16.05.2019] | Mexico's drug policies could be in for some sweeping changes, and with them the country's relations with the United States. President Andres Manuel L ... |
| High expectations for ganja in St Kitts, Dominica and Antigua [10.05.2019] | American businessman, Chase Ergen and Greek billionaire, Alki David, have formed a consortium aimed at developing the cannabis business in the Easter ... |
| Is it possible the decriminalization of drugs in Mexico? [10.05.2019] | The presentation of the National Development Plan (NDP) by the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has put on the table again the issue ... |
| Mexico wants to decriminalize all drugs and negotiate with the U.S. to do the same [09.05.2019] | Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrado released a new plan that called for radical reform to the nation’s drug laws and negotiating with the U ... |
| Denver voters approve measure to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms [08.05.2019] | Voters in Denver, Colorado, made their city the first in the U.S. to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms by approving a ballot measure on the issue. ... |
| Swiss health commission calls for legalisation of cannabis [30.04.2019] | The Federal Commission for Addiction Issues said that cannabis use in Switzerland had not changed significantly in the past ten years. Despite its po ... |
| Legalising cannabis could generate up to 144 million euros for Belgium [29.04.2019] | Legalising cannabis could generate up to 144 million euros for the Belgian State, reports Le Soir, citing a study by the Groupe du Vendredi. The thin ... |
| Cannabis being decriminalised by back door, MPs warn [27.04.2019] | Police have been accused of decriminalising cannabis by stealth as forces recorded a drop in possession offences of up to 75 per cent in a decade. Mo ... |
| ‘You can’t arrest your way out of record drug-related deaths,’ say police [24.04.2019] | In what is effectively de facto drug decriminalisation, people caught in possession of personal amounts of controlled substances in a number of polic ... |
| B.C.’s chief health officer calls for decriminalization of illicit drugs [24.04.2019] | British Columbia’s top public health officer is urging the province to decriminalize people who use and possess small amounts of illicit drugs in the ... |
| Calls for drug law reform in Sweden as drug deaths continue unabated [18.04.2019] | The debate around Sweden’s zero-tolerance drug policy has been reignited in recent months, due to the approach’s failure to reduce drug deaths. Swede ... |
| Jamaica’s cannabis gamble [17.04.2019] | Jamaica is starting to think of cannabis as an opportunity. Uruguay, Canada and ten American states have legalised it for recreational use. Ganja, as ... |
| Cannabis regulation and local authorities in Europe [31.03.2019] | Local and regional authorities across Europe are confronted with the negative consequences of a persisting illicit cannabis market. Increasingly, loc ... |
| Partial decriminalization of public cannabis use takes effect Sunday night [31.03.2019] | Marijuana possession will be partially decriminalized at midnight Sunday night when a plan two years in the making goes into effect, replacing crimin ... |
| Majority of parties support re-evaluating Sweden's strict drug policies [30.03.2019] | Drug laws in Sweden have not been evaluated in decades, even as the country’s harsh approach has left it increasingly isolated from its neighbours. A ... |
| The UN Chief Executives Board unanimously endorses decriminalisation of people who use drugs [11.03.2019] | The Chief Executives Board of the UN, representing 31 UN agencies, has adopted a common position on drug policy that endorses decriminalisation of po ... |
| Cannabis in the City [01.03.2019] | Lately, there have been clear signs of a shift in governments’ approaches to recreational cannabis. Uruguay in 2013 and Canada in 2018 – as well as a ... |
| Legalisation: the chance to right wrongs [01.03.2019] | If New Zealand votes to legalise cannabis in 2020’s binding referendum, we will have a unique opportunity on our hands. Creating a licit market from ... |
| Portugal rejects recreational cannabis, as medical becomes legal [26.02.2019] | The Portuguese parliament has rejected two proposals to legalise the cultivation and sale of cannabis for recreational purposes. The first proposal, ... |
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