By: Maximilian Plenert
08. Mai 2014
Uruguay announces new regulations on cannabis
Uruguay has announced many of the finer details of its marijuana legalization legislation, with regulations that demonstrate a concerted effort to minimize the risk of large-scale trafficking.
By Mimi Yagoub
8 May 2014
Why the costly, pointless war on drugs must come to an end
6 May, 2014
A new report from the London School of Economics lays out the case against the counter-productive decades-long attack on recreational drugs.
by John Collins
UK GREENS PLEAD FOR DECRIMINALISATION
By Caroline Allen, Green Party candidate for the European Parliament elections on May 25th
Yesterday I spoke at the 420 event in London’s Hyde Park. The pro-cannabis rally run by NORML-UK and UK Cannabis Social Clubs was well attended in spite of the truly awful weather and relentless rain.
German law professors demand cannabis legalization
April 10, 2014
By Carla Bleiker
Over 120 German professors of criminal law are supporting an initiative
to legalize cannabis. They have called on the Bundestag to discuss the
issue. Merkel’s coalition is skeptical.
Encod chair sends letter to Mr. Putin
Ljubljana, 20 March 2014
Dear President Putin,
I would like to address the drug policy and public health implications of Russia’s annexation of Crimea. This note intentionally steers clear of any political analysis of or opinion on the situation on the ground. What I’d like to suggest is that, in contrast to its domestic policy to date, Russia now has the opportunity (and perhaps an excuse) to initiate a new public health policy. It can do this by both supporting and expanding the development of the network of Harm Reduction services already successfully at work in Crimea.
Encod Media Centre, Report 8: High level review
Encod Media Centre at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna
Vienna, 15 March 2014