Online:
Visits:
Stories:
Profile image
Story Views

Now:
Last Hour:
Last 24 Hours:
Total:

World Leaders Aggressively Call to Legalize all Drugs and End the Failed Drug War

Sunday, November 27, 2016 6:15
% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents.

(Before It's News)

Follow TIS on Twitter: @Truth_is_Scary & Like TIS of Facebook- facebook.com/TruthisScary

 minds.com

Leaders around the world have surged, in speaking about legalizing drugs.  The Global Commission on Drug Policy has released their annual report and stated that we must end both civil and criminal penalties for drug use and possession.

The war on drugs has failed, they say, causing more disruption than ever intended.  The number of drug users have increased by almost 20 per cent between 2006 and 2013, to 246 million people and, says the report, the prohibition of drugs has resulted in mass incarceration and executions in direct violation of international law.  The report also warns that a blanket prohibition drives human rights abuses by those who supply the drugs.

“After years of denouncing the dramatic effects of prohibition and the criminalisation of people that do no harm but use drugs on the society as a whole, it is time to highlight the benefits of well-designed and well-implemented people centered drug polices,” Former Swiss president Ruth Dreifuss, chair of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, said in a statement.

The panel is composed of a bevy of well known world leaders, including former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, British businessman Richard Branson and the former presidents of Switzerland, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil.

Dreifuss continues.  “These innovative policies cannot exist as long as we do not discuss, honestly, the major policy error made in the past, which is the criminalisation of personal consumption or possession of illicit psychoactive substances in national laws.”

The report comes as some countries are executing severe punishments for indiscriminate amounts of drug possession.  The President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, for instance, is in the throes of a massive campaign in which he has called on the public to personally execute members of the drug trade.  More than 3,600 people were killed during Mr Duterte’s first 100 days in office.

Duterte has also claimed that  he “doesn’t give a shit about human rights.”  Without global intervention, the senseless slaughter could continue.

Read More HERE



Source: http://truthisscary.com/2016/11/world-leaders-aggressively-call-to-legalize-all-drugs-and-end-the-failed-drug-war/

Report abuse

Comments

Your Comments
Question   Razz  Sad   Evil  Exclaim  Smile  Redface  Biggrin  Surprised  Eek   Confused   Cool  LOL   Mad   Twisted  Rolleyes   Wink  Idea  Arrow  Neutral  Cry   Mr. Green

Total 2 comments
  • Too bad it will likely never happen here, and is likely to become even worse under Trump. The prison-industrial complex makes too much money from incarcerating people for petty drug offenses.

  • Why? Because the governments of the world have all been caught out? How fkd in the head are we for abiding by the illegal laws bestowed on us by pedophiles and thieves…. Im building a rocket and getting the hell of this retarded reverso planet❗

Top Stories
Recent Stories

Register

Newsletter

Email this story
Email this story

If you really want to ban this commenter, please write down the reason:

If you really want to disable all recommended stories, click on OK button. After that, you will be redirect to your options page.