Thursday, June 2, 2011

Global War On Drugs A Failure: A News Roundup



Global War On Drugs A Failure, High-Level Panel Says -- Yahoo News/Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A high-level international commission declared the global "war on drugs" a failure and urged nations to consider legalizing cannabis and other drugs to undermine organized crime and protect their citizens' health.

The Global Commission on Drug Policy called for a new approach to reducing drug abuse to replace the current strategy of strictly criminalizing drugs and incarcerating drug users while battling criminal cartels that control the drug trade.

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More News On The Global War on Drugs

Global war on drugs 'a failure' -- Al Jazeera
War on drugs has failed and caused 'devastating consequences for societies worldwide' claims global narcotics watchdog -- Daily Mail
Major Panel: Drug War Failed; Legalize Marijuana -- ABC News
'Global War On Drugs Has Failed,' Former World Leaders Say -- NPR
Report: 'The global war on drugs has failed' -- USA Today
Report: 'Global War On Drugs Has Failed' -- NPR/AP
War on drugs has 'failed', says global drug policy group -- BBC (Video)
Report: Global War On Drugs Fails -- NPR (Audio)
War on drugs not working, says global commission -- The Guardian
High-profile panel urges non-criminal approach to world drug policy -- L.A. Times
Panel Calls War on Drugs a Failure -- Wall Street Journal
Report calls war on drugs a failure -- UPI
Decriminalizing marijuana worth trying: panel -- AFP
Is Africa losing the war on drugs? -- BBC

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