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Capital punishment for drug-related offences should be suspended all over the world, and there are both opportunities and pressures for countries retaining capital punishment to change course.

Ruth Dreifussformer President of Switzerland

There is plenty of evidence that declaring the War on Drugs was essentially a political decision with total disregard for medical or other pertinent scientific considerations about the problem.

Ernesto Zedilloformer President of Mexico

Despite all the resources spent by governments, the global drugs trade is now entirely controlled by violent criminal organisations.

Sir Richard Bransonbusinessman

For too long ideology and ‘tough on crime’ posturing have dominated global and national drug policy debates. It is time to be humble about the mistakes of the past and to embrace a rational and responsible policy on drugs.

George SorosChair, Open Society Foundations

Drug enforcement in one region just leads to the emergence of production and supply in other regions.

Anand Groverformer UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health

Ultimately this is a choice between control by governments or by gangsters; there is no third option in which drug markets can be made to disappear.

Henrique Fernando Cardosoformer President of Brazil

New Zealand chose to take an innovative, harm-minimisation approach through regulating the market.

Peter DunneAssociate Minister of Health of New Zealand

It is now well-established that the war on drugs has caused more suffering than the drug problem it was supposed to be tackling. The good news is the tide finally appears to be turning. Countries around the world are experimenting with new approaches, from decriminalisation to regulated markets. It’s an incredibly exciting time.

Nick Cleggformer UK Deputy Prime Minister

We must now all recognise the violence related to drug trafficking in some countries and regions, and the lack of access to harm reduction measures and treatment in others as a problem for all of us.

Olusegun Obasanjoformer President of Nigeria

I have no problem with the medical use of cannabis, just as I have no problem with the medical use of opiates.

The Hon Tony Abbott MPFormer Prime Minister of Australia

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