Will evidence eventually trump politics?
It’s been an amazing week for drug policy reformers.
On the day that an overwhelming majority of Canadians elected a new prime minister who has promised to legalise and regulate cannabis, I wrote about a remarkable document drafted by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the international body tasked with helping shape global drug policies. The two-page paper aimed to “clarify the position of UNODC” on one of the most pressing issues of the drug debate – how to minimise harm and protect the health and human rights of 300 million people who use drugs across the planet.
The answer sounded almost too good to be true. The UNODC paper, which was to be released at the International Harm Reduction Conference in Kuala Lumpur last week, clearly stated that governments should consider decriminalisation of personal use and possession for personal use for all drugs.
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