Category: Position Papers and Speeches

DON’T LEGALIZE “MEDICAL USE” OF SMOKED MARIJUANA

Over the last three decades, the advocates of drug-legalization have employed a number of political and legal strategies to legitimize smoking marijuana. One of their strategies is to promote smoked marijuana as “medicine.” They provide misleading and inaccurate information that smoking marijuana can help ill people. The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will not…

The failure of Dutch drug policy

According to a programme, broadcast by the Dutch Netwerk-TV on March 12, 2000 it’s obvious that there is increasing, domestic criticism of the Dutch drug policy. This unique television programme is the first to ‘allow’ massive domestic criticism of what the advocates of a ‘tolerant’ drug policy have defined as “innovative and pragmatic.” Having watched…

Back to the Brothel (Cambodian Drug Slavery)

January 22, 2005 By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Poipet, Cambodia – After I purchased Srey Mom from herbrothel for $203 a year ago and brought her back to her village, the joy was overwhelming. Her parents and siblings had assumed she was dead, and they shrieked and hugged and cried. I had doubts about the other…

The History of Harm Reduction

Paper by Peter Stoker: Director, National Drug Prevention Alliance (UK) At the World Conference on Drugs Visby, Sweden – May 3rd to 6th, 2001 1. Introduction With a title like ‘the history of  …’ you might reasonably expect a historian to be standing here, but I’m not one. Nevertheless I can apply my experience to…

INTERNATIONAL TASK FORCE DEVELOPMENT ON STRATEGIC DRUG POLICY

April 26 – 29, 2001 LATIN AMERICAN OVERVIEW DRUG LEGALIZATION:  A Campaign Hiding Behind Different Masks Alejandro Vassilaqui “The Argument” It is evident that the efforts to legalize drugs are present and that it is using certain distinct arguments.  One of these arguments, which started in the United States of America and has added many…

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