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‘Drug users need treatment,’ says President Obama. Not so fast, says Dr. Carl Hart
The Columbia University neuroscientist wants to shift the focus to harm reduction. […]
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The roots of mass incarceration
The prison-industrial complex can be traced back to the school-to-prison pipeline. Our children are punished at alarming rates, setting them up for a bleak future in our revolving-door prison system. […]
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Peter Dunne takes health, rather than criminal, approach to drugs
New Zealand’s Associate Health Minister, Peter Dunne, has reiterated the Government’s commitment to review drug policy and make sure drug offending is primarily seen as a health matter. […]
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HIV activists fear UN ‘War on Drugs’ conference is already doomed
On April 19, the UN is set to hold its first major conference on drugs policies in nearly 20 years. But activists are warning that certain member states are clinging to status quo policies that have failed in the past and will fail in the future. […]
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Pressure mounts on UN to create positive change at UNGASS
Two new reports, released to mark the beginning of the 59th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna this week, have once again laid bare the harms caused by prohibition and the need to radically change the way we look at drug policy in the build up to UNGASS 2016. […]
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Report: Decriminalizing drugs saves money and improves health
The decriminalization of drugs does not lead to a surge in drug use, according to new report that says it actually leads to positive outcomes. […]
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A quiet revolution: Drug decriminalisation across the globe
The aim of this report is to inform the public and policymakers alike on the impact of decriminalising drug possession offences, showing that decriminalisation does not lead to increased rates of use while equally demonstrating that law enforcement led approaches have little impact on this metric. […]
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Opponents of the war on drugs are not satisfied with the UN’s plan to end it
After decades of prohibition, 2016 could be the year governments around the world admit that the war on drugs has failed. Or, just as easily, they could maintain the status quo. […]
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Canadian official causes stir with ‘progressive’ speech at UN narcotics conference
The Liberal government used its first foray into the global anti-narcotics arena this week to signal a clear shift away from the war-on-drugs philosophy, promising more safe-injection sites, promoting “harm reduction” and touting its plan to legalize marijuana […]
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White House scrambles to grant clemencies before Obama’s term ends
The Washington Post reported last Friday that the president, who has so far commuted the sentences of 187 federal inmates, will do the same for a new group of drug offenders. […]
