“Coca 2009: from persecution to proposal”
4 March 2009, European Parliament, 15.00 – 18.30 hs.
WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE DEBATE
CHAKIB AL KHAYARI CONTINUES IN PRISON
Source: Human Rights Watch
19 March 2009
Please help to maintain pressure on Moroccan authorities by sending the letter to the Moroccan King to ask for Chakibs inmediate release
REPORT ON THIRD SESSION CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM
REPORT ON THE THIRD SESSION OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM ON DRUG POLICIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Brussels, 3 & 4 March 2009
By INPUD, UNAD and ENCOD
ENCOD COMMENTS TO THE EUROPEAN ALLIANCE ON DRUGS
In December 2008, the European Commission published a new EU Action Plan on Drugs, containing the idea to launch a European Alliance on Drugs in June 2009. This alliance should be a partnership of authorities and citizens aimed to “engage civil society towards the common objective of raising awareness, interest and concrete commitments on drug related risks”.
On 3 and 4 March 2009, the Commission requested the participants to the Civil Society Forum on Drugs to give their comments to the idea of the Alliance. Encod produced the following analysis based on various questions that the Commission had formulated.
APPEAL FOR A DRUG POLICY MORATORIUM
A Drug Policy Moratorium is needed, and a true Year of Reflection.
By Fredrick Polak, European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies
5 March 2009
LETTER TO ANTONIO MARIA COSTA
To: M. Antonio MARIA COSTA
Executive Director
United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Vienna International Centre
PO Box 500
A-1400 Vienna – Austria
FREEDOM TO FARM IS THE FIRST TEST OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
By:
Paul J. von Hartmann
>http://www.californiacannabisministry.blogspot.com]
Project P.E.A.C.E. [Planet Ecology Advancing Conscious Economics
>http://www.webspawner.com/users/projectpeace]
THIRD CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM ON DRUG POLICY IN THE EU
ENCOD was invited to the third session of the Civil Society Forum on EU Drug Policy that will be held on March 3d and 4th 2009 in Brussels.
ENCOD DELEGATION TO UN SUMMIT IN VIENNA
The European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies (ENCOD) sent a delegation to the UN Ministerial Summit on Drugs that took place in Vienna between 10 and 13 March.
Read the ENCOD appeal for a moratorium in drug policy
Listen to the Encod press conference
In orden of appearance: Andreas Holy, Fredrick Polak, Terry Nelson, Beatriz Negrety, Adriana Rodriguez, Lennice Werth, Chris Conrad, Mikki Norris.