The latest news and personal impressions from Drugs & Democracy staff. See also the Drug Law Reform blog.
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The Coca Debate |
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Sunday, 25 May 2008
In March 2008, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) provoked outrage in Bolivia by calling for the
elimination of traditional uses of coca, such as chewing coca leaves
and drinking coca tea. A new briefing urges to address the current erroneous classification of coca under the UN conventions. It also notes an apparent shift on the issue by the US government and urges the US to formally clarify its position.
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Questions for Mr. Costa |
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Questions for Antonio Maria Costa from attendees at IHRA's 19th International Conference in Barcelona, May 2008
During IHRA's 19th international conference this month the Hungarian
Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) recorded a film which poses a series of questions to Antonio Maria Costa,
Executive Director of the UNODC, from a range of user representatives,
harm reduction experts and drug policy advocates.
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Harm Reduction 2008 |
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Monday, 12 May 2008
The International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harms is taking place in Barcelona, May 11-15. UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Paul Hunt, made an excellent keynote
speech addressing the multiple violations of the human rights of people
who use drugs. Our Hungarian friends from the HCLU taped his speech on video.
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Latin America needs a new drug policy approach |
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Friday, 2 May 2008
TNIs Martin Jelsma participated in the inaugural meeting in Rio de
Janeiro of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy on
April 30, 2008. Prominent members of the Commission are three Latin
American former presidents: Fernando Henrique Cardoso from
Brazil, César Gaviria from Colombia and Ernesto Zedillo from Mexico.
"It is time to develop a proper Latin American response that is
detached from the ideology from the United States that has been common
in the past decade," Martin Jelsma told the meeting. "It is potentially
a good time to try because politically there is now more distance to US
policies in a growing part of Latin America and to US domination in
general."
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European Parliament in favour of licit use of coca leaf |
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Monday, 28 APRIL 2008
On April 23,
2008, the European Parliament approved a report by MEP Giusto Catania on the Green Paper on the role of civil society in drugs
policy in the European Union. The EP, among other things, called
"on the Commission and the Member States to explore ways of cooperating with EU
civil-society organisations involved in promoting substances derived from coca
leaves for lawful use purely as a means of contributing effectively (by absorbing
raw materials) to international action against drugs trafficking, ensuring at
the same time the safe use of such substances."
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