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Learyfan
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UN may call for decriminalization
#22414432 - 10/21/15 04:30 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I can't tell if this is a big deal yet, but I certainly hope it is. It will be really be interesting to see how it unfolds in the near future. I guess time will tell, but for now, read this.
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UN drugs office urged to publish leaked paper backing decriminalisation
Delegates at an international drug-policy conference in Malaysia urged the UN drugs office on Wednesday to officially release a leaked policy paper in which it makes a landmark call for decriminalisation.
British tycoon Richard Branson, a decriminalisation advocate and member of a global drugs commission, caused a stir earlier this week by leaking the document which proposes decriminalising drug use and possession "for personal consumption."
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) had originally intended for its paper to be presented this week in Kuala Lumpur, but scrapped those plans and has since claimed it was "not a final document."
But more than 500 conference delegates from around the world, including leading medical professionals, researchers, and activists, on Wednesday held up copies of the two-page document, calling for its recommendations to be adopted.
"The overwhelming support from our delegates today for the UNODC's drug decriminalisation recommendations should embolden them to show brave leadership on this issue, and publish the document in its current form," said Rick Lines, head of Harm Reduction International, a global NGO advocating drug-policy reform, which organised the conference.
The UNODC paper says decriminalising personal use of illicit drugs could reduce the incarceration of millions of people worldwide, saying they often suffer subsequent judicial and rights abuses in many countries.
Bringing drug use out of the shadows could help curb the spread of HIV and other health threats, and reduce strain on prisons, it said.
In leaking the report on his blog Monday, Branson called it "a refreshing shift that could go a long way to finally end the needless criminalisation of millions of drug users around the world."
"The war on drugs has done too much damage to too many people already," he said.
Branson is a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy which backs decriminalisation. It says the war on drugs has failed and the root causes of drug abuse remain unaddressed.
But the UNODC has said "there has been an unfortunate misunderstanding about the nature and intent of this briefing paper."
In a statement, it admitted the paper was intended for presentation in Kuala Lumpur but said it remained under review and was not "a final nor formal document."
"UNODC emphatically denies reports that there has been pressure on UNODC to withdraw the document," it said, adding that "it is not possible to withdraw what is not yet ready."
The UN general assembly plans to hold a special session in April to discuss ways of addressing the drug problem.
Former Swiss President Ruth Dreifuss, a drug-reform advocate and conference delegate, said the decriminalisation movement is gaining ground.
"We see a real movement towards decriminalisation," she told AFP.
"It's not the end of the story but that will be when using drugs are no longer considered unlawful."
(http://news.yahoo.com)
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Re: UN may call for decriminalization [Re: Learyfan] 1
#22414593 - 10/21/15 05:05 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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but that would mean the last 65 years was a racist xenophobic lie
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Re: UN may call for decriminalization [Re: Konyap] 1
#22414963 - 10/21/15 06:29 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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this would actually be a major step torwards freedom as of right now since reporting an emergency is almost equivalent to calling the cops on yourself
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Re: UN may call for decriminalization [Re: Konyap] 1
#22415096 - 10/21/15 06:54 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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This would be a wonderful change for the entire world if the reform went through. Drugs are not the issue. We definitely need to look at the cause of drug use and address that. I don't care if someone wants to shoot up somewhere or smoke some weed, as long as they aren't hurting me or anyone else in any way, I'm fine with it. Drugs are always going to be around and this "war on drugs" obviously is a losing battle. People die and hurt others from consumption of alcohol yet that's legal. You can't stop everyone from getting drunk and making piss poor choices so why make any drug illegal? Education of any drug is important and I feel as though street drugs are no different from prescription drugs because people get addicted to prescription drugs all the time. Go Richard!
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Re: UN may call for decriminalization [Re: Learyfan]
#22415403 - 10/21/15 07:55 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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The UN probably will not call for decriminalization.
It'd be nice though.
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Re: UN may call for decriminalization [Re: Society] 1
#22415641 - 10/21/15 08:49 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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decriminalization for "personal use" but the same institutions and organizations of the black market will still be producing those "personal use" amounts.
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That is a good point, and likely true. Still an advance; still would protect countless lives from being torn apart.
learly recalling the 90's; This would not have happened at the UN. This is an incredible shift.
Much of the world in general is sincerely waking up the brutal reality of drug prohibition. I just hope it's not too late to fight back against the violent agencies that hold too tightly to their jobs. It probably is too late though...
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Re: UN may call for decriminalization [Re: Dickhead] 2
#22416703 - 10/22/15 04:26 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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yeah well you know, the UN will say one thing and the US police and/or politicians wont care and ignore it. They want the money too bad.
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Re: UN may call for decriminalization [Re: Ogla]
#22419004 - 10/22/15 04:23 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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That is why, "Its time for guillotines"
If those greedy bastards won't make the changes we need happen then we need to change them.
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Cognitive_Shift said: decriminalization for "personal use" but the same institutions and organizations of the black market will still be producing those "personal use" amounts.
Yeah, decrim is a half-assed solution to the drug war, but one would hope it's a step in the right direction in world where political and social change is either reactionary or slow as molasses.
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Re: UN may call for decriminalization [Re: Society]
#22423626 - 10/23/15 04:15 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Obumble will oppose it behind the scenes and try to veto it if he can. I don't think he can but he will use all the pressure available to kill it.
Congress passed a law saying feds can't interfere with state legal pot operations and he did it anyway. The supreme court ruled recently he can't do that, obumble is appealing.
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