Building on past reports, the Global Commission on Drug Policy issues recommendations for more effective and human rights-based drug policies, including: abolish the death penalty, end all penalties - both criminal and civil - for drug consumption and possession for personal use, implement alternatives to punishment for all low-level, non-violent actors in the drug trade, and explore regulatory models for all illicit drugs as the next logical step.
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Anticipating the 2016 United Nations General Assembly Special Session on drugs (UNGASS), the report provides clear-cut pathways for Member States. The five recommendations for more effective drug policies include: putting the health and community safety first, ensuring equitable access to controlled medicines, ending the criminalization of people who use drugs, promoting alternatives to incarceration for low-level participants in illicit drug markets, and encouraging policy innovations such as legally regulated markets.
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Putting health and community safety first requires a fundamental reorientation of policy priorities and resources, from failed punitive enforcement to proven health and social interventions.
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15
May
Why legalize pot, but shy away from addressing opioids?
Read moreOp-Ed by Commissioners Kwasniewski, former President of Poland, and Grover, former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, focusing on cannabis legalization in Canada,
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05
May
Quelques défis à surmonter pour réguler légalement le cannabis
Read moreKhalid Tinasti, Secrétaire exécutif de la Commission globale, explique dans cette tribune comment le Maroc pourrait franchir le pas et légaliser sous condition le cannabis.
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04
May
Southeast Asia seeks new solutions to drug crisis
Read moreSwissinfo interviews Commissioner Ruth Dreifuss on her advocacy visit early April to Southeast Asia, addressing in particular the policy shift in the region towards health-based
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25
Apr
Réforme de la loi sur les drogues : une opportunité pour réparer les dommages et montrer à nouveau l’exemple
Read moreNick Clegg, membre de la Commission globale et ancien Vice-premier ministre, Royaume-Uni, s’exprime dans La Presse, premier quotidien en langue française du pays, sur la
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10
Apr
Ruth Dreifuss meets with Myanmar State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Read moreDaw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, met with Global Commission Chair Ruth Dreifuss to
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24
Mar
Comment la régulation du cannabis permettrait des politiques en matière de drogues plus efficaces
Read moreDeux membres de la Commission globale – Paul Volcker, ancien président de la Réserve fédérale américaine et Maria Cattaui, ancienne secrétaire générale de la Chambre
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20
Mar
Entretien avec Ruth Dreifuss dans Globe
Read moreInterview with Ruth Dreifuss in Globe, quarterly magazine of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (in French). Entretien avec Ruth Dreifuss, présidente de
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13
Mar
Surpopulation carcérale: Des pistes de réforme
Read morePar Khalid Tinasti, Secrétaire exécutif de la Commission globale de politique en matière de drogues. Lire l’article original dans L’Economiste. EN janvier, l’observatoire marocain des