• Débat sur le kif: le coup de gueule des cultivateurs

    Une association de cultivateurs de kif dénonce l'hypocrisie des politiciens sur la légalisation de la culture de cannabis
    H24info (Maroc)
    Vendredi, 27 juin 2014

    Avec les élections municipales qui approchent (2015), le débat sur le kif s'en trouve plus "sexy" que jamais. Un collectif de familles de cultivateurs de cannabis, réunis au sein de l'association Amazighs Senhaja du Rif est monté au front pour dénoncer la tendance de séduire par tous les moyens possibles les potentiels électeurs. "Non pas qu'on soit contre la légalisation, mais on demande seulement que la question ne soit pas abordée lors des campagnes et autres meetings électoraux, pour éviter tout abus et autres fausses promesses", explique Mounir Agueznay, secrétaire général de l'association.

  • Légalisation du cannabis: un projet de loi et des critiques

    Les 6 remarques du collectif marocain pour l'usage médical et industriel de kif sur le projet de loi du groupe parlementaire istiqlalien
    H24info (Maroc)
    Vendredi, 27 juin 2014

    Si le Collectif marocain pour l'usage médical et industriel du kif (CMUMIK) voit d'un bon oeil la proposition de loi du parti de l'Istiqlal sur la légalisation partielle du cannabis, il n'en approuve pas toutes les dispositions, loin de là. "Le projet de loi a été formulé et écrit hativement c'est pour cela qu'on a décidé de formuler nos remarques dans une correspondance envoyée le 23 juin au groupe parlementaire istiqlalien de la première chambre" explique Chakib El Khyari, figure de proue du mouvement pro-légalisation du cannabis.

  • Bolivia charts its own path on coca

    A very small country challenged the basic premises of U.S. domination and policy implications, and it succeeded
    InterPress Service (IPS)
    Thursday, June 26, 2014

    coca-dryingThe U.N. reported that coca cultivation in Bolivia fell nine percent last year, and a massive 26 percent in the past three years. The nationwide decrease, to an area of only 23,00 hectares, or 12 miles, is widely regarded as a laudable achievement, but overlooked is the fact that Bolivia’s success has come on its own terms – not Washington’s – and with vital cooperation from many of the country’s small coca farmers.

  • The war on drugs is lost – legalise the heroin trade

    I did not believe it before I went to Afghanistan. But it's now clear that prohibition is no answer to this deadly scourge
    William Patey, British ambassador to Afghanistan from 2010-2012
    The Guardian (UK)
    Wednesday, June 25, 2014

    When Tony Blair deployed British troops in Afghanistan, ending the illicit production and supply of opium was cited as a key objective. In 2001 the prime minister linked heroin use in the UK with opium cultivation in Afghanistan. Yet after 10 years of effort with tens of thousands of troops in the country, and having spent billions trying to reduce poppy cultivation, Afghans are growing more opium than ever before. For the sake of both Afghans and British citizens, politicians must take responsibility for the failings of global prohibition, and take control of the drug trade through legal regulation.

  • Let's look again at Sweden's 'successful' drug policies

    On the UN international day against drugs (Thursday, 26th June), some reality checking is needed
    The Huffington Post (UK)
    Wednesday, June 25, 2014

    Sweden is often portrayed as a success story in relation to drugs policy, not least by its own diplomats on the international stage and by the UN. But the evidence warns of urgent public health problems that Swedish politicians are currently failing to address. In the face of urgent concerns about communicable diseases and drug-related deaths, none of the main Swedish political parties have called for a proper assessment of where drug policies are working and where they need to change.

  • Pourquoi la légalisation du cannabis bloque

    Tel Quel (Morocco)
    Mercredi, 25 juin 2014

    Deux projets de loi légalisant la culture du cannabis ont été déposés par le PAM et l’Istiqlal. Depuis, ces deux partis se sont montrés étrangement silencieux malgré des critiques émanant de la société civile. Les détracteurs de la légalisation prennent les devants alors que les voix favorables à l’usage thérapeutique et médicinal du « kif » se font discrets. Pour l’instant donc, les 48 000 cultivateurs du Rif continueront de cultiver le cannabis dans l’illégalité.

  • CARICOM did not consult us on ganja law reform - US

    The Gleaner (Jamaica)
    Wednesday, June 25, 2014

    william-brownfieldWilliam Brownfield, assistant secretary at the US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, has charged that Jamaica and other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states that are moving to change marijuana laws did not consult the US government. He had informal talks with some CARICOM states but said those discussions were "not structured as formal dialogue between governments or between international partners". He also revealed that the US had developed four basic principles to address the issues surrounding the growing move to legalise marijuana. (See also: No need to consult US on ganja, says Knight)

  • No rehab for Russia's drug addicts

    More than 70,000 people die each year in Russia from drug abuse, about 30,000 of them from heroin
    The Moscow Times (Russia)
    Wednesday, June 25, 2014

    As the world marks the United Nations' International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, millions of drug addicts in Russia have nowhere to go for treatment, and specialists are in despair over the lack of progress in the country's rehabilitation system. The Federal Drug Control Service, or FSKN, recently announced plans to create a system of communes to treat drug addicts, but drug counselors dismiss such statements as empty promises.

  • Banning Khat is another pointless drug law that will do more harm than good

    It raises millions in taxes, has been chewed on for centuries, and is harmless. So why is Khat now illegal?
    The Independent (UK)
    Tuesday, June 24, 2014

    Today, khat joined the range of prohibited substances that fall under the UK Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Those who distribute this Class C drug can now face 14 years imprisonment – the same maximum sentence that applies to individuals who cause death by dangerous driving, and four years more than the maximum penalty for sexual assault. So what exactly is khat, and why has it attracted such harsh legislation? (See also: Khat: Update - Ban to be implemented on the 24th of June)

  • FDA to evaluate marijuana for potential reclassification as less dangerous drug

    The review process is being completed at the request of the Drug Enforcement Agency
    The Huffington Post (US)
    Tuesday, June 24, 2014

    marijuana-handThe US Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the medical evidence surrounding the safety and effectiveness of marijuana, a process that could lead to the agency downgrading the drug's current status as a Schedule I drug, the most dangerous classification. "FDA conducts for Health and Human Services a scientific and medical analysis of the drug under consideration," FDA Press Officer Jeff Ventura said. "HHS then recommends to DEA that the drug be placed in a given schedule. DEA considers HHS’ analysis, conducts its own assessment, and makes a final scheduling proposal in the form of a proposed rule." (See also: Scheduling in the international drug control system)

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