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Councils join forces to call for legalised marijuana production
Dutch News (The Netherlands)
Friday, December 20, 2013
The mayors of 25 Dutch local authority areas have increased their pressure on the cabinet to allow experiments with regulated marijuana production. The initiative is being powered by the mayors of Eindhoven and Heerlen and a Utrecht alderman, the Volkskrant said. The manifesto is a reaction to justice minister Ivo Opstelten’s decision not to approve experiments with regulated growing. (See also: The Netherlands is ready to regulate cannabis) -
Uruguay: Yes we cannabis
Small country's move to legalise weed has more than token significance for future of the "war on drugs"
Al Jazeera
Friday, December 20, 2013
When Uruguay recently became the first country in the world to legalise and regulate the production, distribution and sale of marijuana, it was a long-time dream realised for marijuana activist Juan Vaz. But it also came with a lot of work and campaigning. Vaz, a co-founder of the Uruguayan Association of Cannabis Studies, is are already looking to the next steps. "The time of fighting, protesting, asking for our rights and campaigning is over," he said. "Now it is about time to build things." -
Do falling murders in Rio mean success for Brazil's UPPs?
InSight Crime
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Homicides have fallen 65 percent in the Rio de Janeiro favelas where Police Pacification Units have been installed during four years of the flagship scheme -- an impressive figure, but one that could just indicate a displacement of violence to other regions. A study by Rio's Public Security Institute (ISP) looked at 22 Rio neighborhoods where Police Pacification Units (UPPs) have been in operation for more than a year. -
If marijuana legalization sends the wrong message to teenagers, why aren't they listening?
Forbes (US)
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Prohibitionists warn that it’s dangerous even to discuss legalizing marijuana because such talk sends “the wrong message” to the youth of America, encouraging them to smoke pot. If so, you might expect that the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington, approved by voters more than a year ago, would have a noticeable impact on marijuana use by teenagers. Yet the latest data from the government-sponsored Monitoring the Future Study indicate that teenagers continued smoking pot at pretty much the same rates as before. -
Washington residents smoke way more weed than officials thought
A new report highlights the difficulty of predicting supply and demand for a legal weed market
Time Magazine (US)
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Knowing how much marijuana people consume is now a very important statistic for officials in Washington and Colorado.That number can help them make sound decisions about how to regulatethe supply side of the country’s first recreational marijuana markets.The RAND Corporation, a non-profit think tank, released a report, Before the Grand Opening: Measuring Washington State's Marijuana Market in the Last Year Before Legalized Commercial Sales, showing that Washington residents consume far more weed than the state initiallythought. -
INCB vs Uruguay: the art of diplomacy
INCB President Yans disqualified himself and should consider stepping down
Martin JelsmaTuesday, December 17, 2013
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International tensions over Uruguay’s decision to regulate the cannabis market reached new levels when Raymond Yans, president of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), accused Uruguay of negligence with regard to public health concerns, deliberately blocking dialogue attempts and having a "pirate attitude" towards the UN conventions. President Mujica reacted angrily, declaring that someone should "tell that guy to stop lying," while Milton Romani, ambassador to the Organisation of American States (OAS), said that Yans "should consider resigning because this is not how you treat sovereign states." -
The architect of Uruguay's marijuana legalization speaks out
"Current drug policy is disastrous. Doing nothing is not an option anymore," says Julio Calzada, one of the men behind Uruguay's drug revolution
Reason (US)
Sunday, December 15, 2013
The call for drug policy reform has moved from flower-power communes into the halls of power. Starting next year Uruguayans will be able to buy marijuana through the government. "A society without drugs is a utopia. It's better to regulate the existing market than leave it to organized crime," says Julio Calzada, one of the architects of the Uruguayan drug revolution. -
'Stop lying': Uruguay president chides UN official over marijuana law
Because he sits in a comfortable international platform, he believes he can say whatever nonsense
RT Novosty (Russia)
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Uruguay’s president has accused the head of the UN’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Raymond Yans, of lying and double standards, after the official claimed the country did not consult the anti-drug body before legalizing marijuana. Earlier this week, Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalize both the sale and production of marijuana. Yans has accused Uruguay of "pirate attitudes" for knowingly violating the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which the South American country is part of. -
Cannabis: une loi l’année prochaine, mais le PJD sceptique
H24Info (Morocco)
Vendredi, 13 decembre 2013
Le kif a récemment fait son entrée officielle au parlement, mais les députés ne comptent pas en rester là. En janvier, les deux groupes parlementaires du PAM organisent cette fois-ci une visite de terrain pour discuter avec les cannabiculteurs, en coordination avec le collectif pour la légalisation du cannabis. Le débat sur la législation du cannabis devrait reprendre en janvier 2014. Une loi pourrait être prête dès le mois de mars, mais les positions sont très partagées sur la question. (A voire aussi: Culture du cannabis: Le PAM tente de briser le tabou) -
Dutch production of party drug ecstasy rises sharply
Police also seized 60,000 kilos of chemicals used to make the drug
Dutch News (Netherlands)
Friday, December 13, 2013
Dutch police have dismantled 42 laboratories producing the party drug ecstasy this year, up from 29 in 2012 and almost double the 2011 total, Nos television reported. Police have also been alerted to almost twice as many dumps of left-over chemicals this year as in 2012, indicating production is up sharply, the justice ministry figures show. Most of the pills produced in the Netherlands are destined for foreign consumption. The trade is lucrative because Dutch ecstasy is of high quality and is much more expensive in other countries than in the Netherlands. The labs are mainly located in Brabant, where marijuana growers are making the switch to other drugs. (See also: Six out of 10 clubbers have taken ecstasy in the past year)
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