Colombia calls for global drugs taskforce
Colombian leader uses Summit of the Americas to call for radical review of international policy on drugs
The Observer (UK)
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Sunday, April 15, 2012
The government of Colombia pushed for the most far-reaching change to policy on drugs since US president Richard Nixon declared war on narcotics four decades ago. Hosting the sixth Summit of the Americas, for which 33 leaders of the hemisphere's 35 nations – including President Barack Obama – have assembled in Cartagena, President Juan Manuel Santos proposed the establishment of a taskforce of experts, economists and academics to analyse the realities of global drug addiction, trafficking and profiteering, with a view to a complete overhaul of strategy.
