Advisors say no serious rise in consumption is likely if possession of small amounts of controlled drugs is allowed A six-year study of Britain’s drug laws by leading scientists, police officers, academics and experts has concluded it is time to introduce decriminalisation. The report by the UK Drug Policy Commission […]
Drug Policy , Question of the Week
What is drug decriminalization?
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 9-29-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 9-29-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3945 Question of the Week: As a multiple part series on drug control models, the question for this week asks, What is drug decriminialization? […]
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What is drug depenalization?
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 8-19-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 8-19-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3945 Question of the Week: As a multiple part series on drug control models, the question for this week asks, What is drug depenalization? […]
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What is prohibition?
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 7-30-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 7-30-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3945 Question of the Week: As a multiple part series on drug control models, the question for this week asks, What is prohibition? The […]
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Drug Control Models
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 7-25-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 7-25-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3945 Question of the Week: What are drug control models? The abstract of a 1996 article that appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis […]
Drug Policy , Law Enforcement & Prisons , Question of the Week
Stop and Frisk
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 7-21-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 7-21-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3945 Question of the Week: What is Stop and Frisk? A May 2011 briefing paper from the Drug Policy Alliance defines a “stop” as […]
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Portugal Decriminalized All Drugs Eleven Years Ago
And The Results Are Staggering On July 1st, 2001, Portugal decriminalized every imaginable drug, from marijuana, to cocaine, to heroin. Some thought Lisbon would become a drug tourist haven, others predicted usage rates among youths to surge. Eleven years later, it turns out they were both wrong. Over a decade […]
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DUID
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 7-4-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 7-4-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3935 Question of the Week: What is DUID? DUID stands for “driving while under the influence of drugs.” Some reports have called this “OUI” […]
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Stop The Drug War To Fight AIDS
The war on drugs is a failure and immediate, major reforms of the global drug prohibition regime are needed to halt the spread of HIV infection and other drug war harms. Today we launched a new Global Commission on Drug Policy report with a livestreamed conference from London, calling for […]