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| Geschrieben von: Maximilian Plenert | | Donnerstag, den 14. Februar 2013 um 12:16 Uhr | via ENCOD Last year, ENCOD was among those organisations fighting to make sure that the Civil Society Forum on drug policies in the EU would not turn out as a complete fiasco. Even though we decided to break the consensus on the final recommandations to the EU commission, we joined an annex letter supporting steps toward a more balanced approach with harm reduction measures and scientific evidence based drug policy. |
| Geschrieben von: Maximilian Plenert | | Mittwoch, den 02. Januar 2013 um 14:35 Uhr | In some ways, 2012 has been a year of dramatic, exciting change in drug policy, as the edifice of global drug prohibition appears to crumble before our eyes. In other ways it is still business as usual in the drug war. Marijuana prohibition is now mortally wounded, but there were still three-quarters of a million pot arrests last year. The American incarceration mania appears to be running its course, but drug arrests continue to outnumber any other category of criminal offense. There is a rising international clamor for a new drug paradigm, but up until now, it's just talk. The drug prohibition paradigm is trembling, but it hasn't collapsed yet -- we are on the cusp of even more interesting times. Below, we look at the biggest drug policy stories of 2012 and peer a bit into the future: Posted on stopthedrugwar.org by Phillip Smith, December 20, 2012, 11:21pm
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| Geschrieben von: Maximilian Plenert | | Donnerstag, den 20. Dezember 2012 um 13:25 Uhr | Press release - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Cannabis als Medizin (ACM) - 20. December 2012 German patients may grow cannabis, Supreme Administrative Court rules Under strict conditions severely ill Germans may be allowed to grow cannabis at home, the Supreme Administrative Court of Munster said in a judgment of 7 December 2012. The reasons have now been published. Patients for whom no other therapies are available or effective, but may have medicinal benefit from cannabis, can make an application to the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) in Bonn, so that they can treat themselves with their own grown cannabis, accompanied and monitored by their doctor. Previously, all such requests were refused by directive of the Federal Ministry of Health. This practice is illegal, the court stated. |
| Geschrieben von: Maximilian Plenert | | Montag, den 12. November 2012 um 10:35 Uhr | Der Drug War Chronicle und das Speakeasy-Blog gehören für uns zu den wichtigsten Informationsquellen aus den USA und darüber hinaus. Insbesondere unsere detaillierte Berichterstattung über die einzelnen Legalisierungsinitiativen beruht auf deren Arbeit. Nun bitten die Betreiber der Seite um Spenden für die Fortführung ihrer Arbeit, die in den kommenden Monaten wohl wichtiger denn je ist. Wenn ihr euch also weiterhin eine gute, unabhängige Berichterstattung wünscht, spendet! Help Us Take The Next Steps
What a week it's been.
Over 20 years in drug policy reform, I've seen victories before, I've seen the issue progress. But what happened this week is different. In fact I feel different.
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| | Geschrieben von: Maximilian Plenert | | Donnerstag, den 18. Oktober 2012 um 00:32 Uhr | A six-year study of Britain's drug laws by the UK Drug Policy Commission (UKDPC), an independent advisory body, says no serious rise in consumption is likely if possession of small amounts of controlled drugs is allowed. Prohibition is a total failure and does nothing more than harm citizens. The UKDPC announced: A Fresh Approach to Drugs: the final report of the UK Drug Policy Commission
We all have an interest in knowing which policies work in tackling problems associated with drug use. Many members of the public, and many politicians, believe that our drug policies are not working. But the debate about how we address the challenges of mind-altering drugs is polarised in a way not seen in most other policy areas. |
| Geschrieben von: Maximilian Plenert | | Sonntag, den 05. August 2012 um 00:34 Uhr | via ENCOD The last major change in Dutch drug policy was in 1976, when new legislation established a distinction between soft and hard drugs, and decriminalised possession and sales of small amounts of cannabis by and to adults. At first cannabis only became available on special occasions and in popular youth centres like Paradiso and the Milky Way in Amsterdam. Later, cannabis promotors understood that the new legislation allowed for the sales of small quantities for personal use in café-like places: the “coffeeshops” emerged. In the course of the years the government installed a system of regulation, with most of the day to day decisions taken by local authorities, nicknamed the Triangle: mayor, district attorney and chief of police. |
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