Friday, May 27, 2011

Former Presidents of Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Switzerland, Prime Minister of Greece, Kofi Annan, George Shultz and Paul Volcker Call for Paradigm Shift in Global Drug Policy

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Media Advisory Date: 27 May 2011 For Immediate Release: May 27, 2011 Con...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

AVAAZ seeks 1 million supporters for petition to end the war on drugs

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  The ever impressive online actvitist organisation AVAAZ are challenging the war on drugs and calling for a new approach based on ...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Security experts discuss ending the war on drugs

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There can be no question that global security is fundamentally compromised by the world’s commitment to the war on drugs. Could this fact b...
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Monday, May 16, 2011

New Journal on Human Rights and Drug Policy available in full online

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ISSN 2046-4843 (print) ISSN 2046-4851 (online) The first edition of the new International Journal on Human Rights and Drug Policy is now av...
Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Public Meeting: War on Drugs - or Time for Peace?

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On Friday 13th May, Professor David Nutt and Danny Kushlick will take part in a discussion on drug policy at Cotham School, Bristol. Join u...
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Press Release: Russian policy of breaching international agreements continues, as UN Secretary General arrives in Moscow

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Transform's colleagues in the harm reduction field have asked us to circulate this press release on their behalf. Wednesday, April 2...
Friday, April 15, 2011

The problem with Drug Tsars

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I met the US Drug Tsar Gil Kerlikowske recently. It was at a reception at the US Ambassador's residence in Vienna during the UN Commissi...
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Monday, April 04, 2011

IHRA Counts the Costs of the War on Drugs

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A key cost of the war on drugs is the the lack of access to to harm reduction (including needle exchange and opiate substitution treatment) ...
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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Joint Statement Against the Death Penalty at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

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The statement copied below - calling for an end to the illegal use of the death penalty for drug offences was read out by Eka Iakobishvili ...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Press Release: Count the Costs project is launched at UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

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Fifty Years of the War on Drugs: Time to Count the Costs and Explore the Alternatives The War on Drugs - Count the Costs global campaign wi...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

CFR report calls for Commission on alternatives, including legalisation

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A new report from the US based Council on Foreign Relations titled 'The Drug War in Mexico: Confronting a Shared Threat' makes a po...
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Wednesday, March 09, 2011

How to skew polls and influence people

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Most people would assume that professional pollsters understand the importance of how their questions are worded. If you want to obtain vali...
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