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Decriminalization

Absolving drug users from arrest and prosecution for drug use and preparatory acts like acquisition, simple possession or cultivation for personal use does not lead to increased drug use, but does significantly lower pressure on law enforcement agencies and on the judicial and penitentiary systems, and it removes barriers for users with problematic patterns of use to approach treatment and harm reduction services.
    Drugs on Latin America summit's agenda
    April 2012
    Martin Jelsma

    A critical rethink of the war on drugs features prominently on the agenda of the Cartagena summit. This provides opportunities to move forward but also faces several risks that could suffocate the remarkable yet incipient political opening of the drugs debate in Latin America.

    Kratom in Thailand: Decriminalisation and Community Control?
    May 2011
    Pascal Tanguay

    Kratom is an integral part of Thai culture and has neglible harmful effects. Community level control and education are recommended for the best path to harm reduction.

    Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies Nr. 13
    The Development of International Drug Control
    February 2011
    Martin Jelsma

    TNI's paper for the Global Commission on Drug Policy describes the foundations of the global drug control system, its degeneration into the 'war on drugs', and how international drug policy...

    Cannabis social clubs in Spain
    January 2011
    Martín Barriuso Alonso

    Cannabis social clubs in Spain are noncommercial organisations of users who get together to cultivate and distribute enough cannabis to meet their personal needs without having to turn to the black market.

    Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies Nr. 9
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