Friday, March 14, 2014

U.N.: The Global Fight Against Narcotics Has Suffered Serious Setbacks

Today marks the start of the High-Level segment of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) 57th session at the UN headquarters in Vienna. Photo: UNODC

U.N. Sees Serious Setbacks In Anti-Drugs Fight -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The global fight against narcotics has suffered serious setbacks, including record opium cultivation in Afghanistan and a surge of trafficking-related violence in Central America, the U.N. anti-drugs chief said on Thursday.

Yury Fedotov also noted some successes, such as a shrinking cocaine market, at the start of a two-day meeting that will review implementation of a 2009 plan of action to combat the drugs problem before a special session of the U.N. General Assembly in 2016, amid a heated debate on the merits of drugs liberalization.

Fedotov, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), said reductions in the supply and demand for some drugs in one part of the world had been partly offset by increases elsewhere.

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Update: UN review of global drug problem kicks off with calls for more effective, humane action -- UN News Centre

My Comment: This is a start .... the UN is recognizing the simple fact that they are not winning this war.

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