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04/16/2003

Bonino: It's time for a ceasefire in the largely ignored war on drugs

The world must develop a different approach to combating narcotics trafficking before we all become addicted to the UN's failed strategy of prohibition

The world's attention has been focused on the war on Iraq. But another war -- this
04/16/2003

UN urged to find new way to fight drug use

VIENNA -- Critics of a US-led global crackdown on illicit drugs declared the policy a failure yesterday, calling it ''the war that America cannot win'' and urging a United Nations commission to consider other approaches.

Activists, think tank
04/16/2003

Awakening, twice

Don't puff up with pride when you are well, it won't take long and you'll get such a slap in your face that you won't recover your senses! This principle suits the current power perfectly. They did a good job with the visas, with NATO, they cut a goo
04/16/2003

Critics say no to U.S. anti-drug campaign

VIENNA, Austria -- Critics of a U.S.-led global crackdown on illicit drugs declared the policy a failure Tuesday, calling it "the war that America cannot win" and urging a United Nations commission to consider other approaches to the problem.

04/15/2003

The war on drugs

Prominent drug legalizers or decriminalizers read like a who's who of conservatives: William F. Buckley Jr., Milton Friedman, New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, Ronald Reagan's Secretary of State George Shultz.

Mr. Shultz, now at the
04/15/2003

IS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MEETING ITS DRUG CONTROL TARGETS? THE ANSWER IS NO.

According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, since the General Assembly's 20th special session (UNGASS) on the world drug problem, “efforts by governments to respond to an aggressively evolving illicit drug situation have gained new momentum” and “
04/10/2003

DRUGS / PE: CAPPATO "BUITENWEG REPORT REJECTED, BUT THE PROHIBITIONIST RESOLUTION TOO"

Growing parliamentary support for the review of the UN Conventions on Drugs and for drugs re-classification, while Governments keep on supporting War on Drugs programmes that have demonstrated to be a failure


The European Parliament has re
04/09/2003

AT HER MAJESTY'S PLEASURE

I have been summoned to appear before the Stockport Magistrates Court on Friday 21 March for my failure to pay the £100 fine for an action of civil disobedience carried out on December 2001. On that day I ha given myself up to the Stockport police wi
04/09/2003

"Debate at the NZ Parliament on Drugs"

transcription of parliamentary Question Time on the issue of Health, Associate Minister-Overseas Representation

10. NANDOR TANCZOS (Green)to the Associate Minister of Health: Is he representing New Zealand at any international forums or confer
04/08/2003

Shelter From the Storm writes to Marco Cappato

Dear Marco, please allow me to re-intoduce myself: you attended a protest in San Diego, CA, USA regarding a DEA raid on my medical cannabis garden and my later arrest for violation of Federal Drugs laws. I am awaitng sentencing on 4/28/03 in U.S.
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