Europe Leading The Way To Smarter Drug Laws

Posted by FoM on September 15, 2000 at 07:38:14 PT By Dan Gardner, The Ottawa Citizen  Source: Ottawa Citizen  Addiction Rates, Deaths, Crime Plummet When Users Are No Longer Considered Criminals. In November, 1990, officials from four major European cities -- Hamburg, Frankfurt, Zurich and Amsterdam -- declared war on the War on Drugs. "The attempt to eliminate both the supply and the consumption of drugs in our society has failed," city officials declared. The "Frankfurt Resolution," as the cities' declaration was called, was the beginning of a major movement in Europe. No longer would drug users and addicts be threatened with arrest. No longer would stopping people from using illegal drugs be the obsessive goal of government policy. Now the first priority would be keeping people alive. Snipped Home    Comment    Email    Register    Recent Comments    Help

*Greens and the Drug War. Worldwide. LINKS. Green Party candidates, positions, platforms, etc.. Concerning the Drug War, cannabis, marijuana, etc.. Ralph Nader info, links.
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*9-00. MAP/DrugNews SEARCH SHORTCUT for many press articles about RALPH NADER's September 8, 2000 press conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he called for legalizing cannabis/marijuana, and for harm reduction drug reform. Ralph Nader "called for the legalization of marijuana as part of an overhaul of the nation's 'self-defeating and antiquated drug laws.' ... Legalizing marijuana, Nader said, would allow the government to regulate and potentially tax its use like tobacco products. " -Albuquerque Journal, September 8, 2000.
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Comment #2 posted by Dr. Ganj on September 16, 2000 at 00:21:45 PT

Give This Man A Medal!

Holy cow what a masterpiece! This is all so clear. Why is the U.S. so barbaric? What's wrong with going to your doctor for your drug of choice-as long as you stay at home?
That's pretty simple-use regulated drugs, stay home, or if you break that law, then you face criminal sanctions.
It certainly couldn't be any worse than it already is-with the U.S. keeping 2 million of its population in jail.
Think about that number-two million! That's the equivalent of the number of people at 20 Super Bowls! Heck, that's more people than most states have! And we thought slavery was bad.....

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