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[Dan Gerous]

Global leaders call for a major shift to decriminalize drugs

A slew of big-name former politicians are endorsing a report that says the war on drugs is not working and that drug enforcement policy needs to fundamentally change. The Global Commission on Drug Policy will urge a "paradigm shift" that emphasizes public health over criminalization tomorrow at a meeting in New York City, The Guardian reports.

Those backing the report include former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and former Fed Chair Paul Volcker. Former elected leaders of Greece, Brazil and Colombia have also signed on. See the full list of backers.

"What we have here is the greatest collection thus far of ex-presidents and prime ministers calling very clearly for decriminalization and experiments with legal regulation," Danny Kushlick, spokesman for the drug policy center Transform, told the Guardian. "It will be a watershed moment."

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[ZIFA]

So basically the number of lunatics is so overflowing that they have no choice but to let them run the assylum.

The west has degenerated to the point that they now have no choice but to give in to the criminals and drug peddlers.


Lets just legalise crime, so then there will be no more crime! Genius.

[Kuros]

[bucheon bum]

[visitorq]

[bucheon bum]

Global War on Drugs 'a failure

[ZIFA]

[Ya-ta Boy]

I have never really understood why civil libertarians allied themselves with the social conservatives. It always struck me as a sell-out for money, but I prefer not to think of it that way.

[jodemas2]

[bucheon bum]

[Sergio Stefanuto]

Individual volition and happiness, in defiance of the santimony of a coercive, po-faced majority, represents Man at his most righteous.

[Steelrails]

Clearly pot needs to be straight up legalized. Absolutely no reason why it shouldn't be considering costs and benefits.

A case could be made for keeping "harder" drugs illegal. On the other hand their illegality drives the current unsustainable situation.

I say split down the middle maybe. Make consumption legal but continue to ban international importation.

[Friend Lee Ghost]

Add a couple more global leaders to the list.

Reps. Paul, Frank to Unveil Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana

Ron Paul and Barney Frank will unveil new legislation to end the Federal drug war on marijuana. The bill would end Federal prohibition and leave the legality of marijuana up to the states. Cash strapped states may be motivated to make it legal for the tax revenues generated from marijuana sales.

[Squire]

I'd be interested to see drugs like weed, ecstasy and possibly psychedelics like acid and ketamine legalised, but not so much cocaine and speed. The first four I mentioned are chemically pretty harmless and don't encourage users to go out and cause trouble. The latter, not so much

[sirius black]