Interview with Chair Dreifuss: “How U.S. Drug Policy Looks to the Rest of the World – And how it might change under Donald Trump”
By Francie Diep Activists and family members of loved ones who died in the opioid epidemic take part in a rally on September 18th, 2016, in Washington, D.C. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images) Sometimes, to understand something, you have to take an outsider’s point of view. That’s why, to get perspective
Global Commission Leaders Issue Call to Decriminalize Drugs for Public Health and Human Rights
At a press conference in Washington, DC yesterday, five members of the Global Commission on Drug Policy—a 23-person body comprising nine former presidents or prime ministers, plus leaders like former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan—released “Advancing Drug Policy Reform: A new approach to decriminalization.” Drug prohibition, said Ruth Dreifuss, former president of Switzerland and
World leaders call for legalisation of drugs
World leaders have called for an end to the criminalisation of drugs. The Global Commission on Drug Policy’s annual report advocates the removal of both civil and criminal penalties for drug use and possession. Prohibition of drugs has had “little or no impact” on the rate of drug use, the
La Suisse peut convaincre les Etats-Unis en matière de drogues
Lundi sur les ondes de la RTS, l’ancienne présidente de la Confédération Ruth Dreifuss est revenue sur les problèmes de drogue qui persistent aux Etats-Unis. Selon elle, le modèle suisse peut convaincre. Invitée de l’émission Forum, Ruth Dreifuss s’est exprimée alors qu’elle venait de présenter à Washington le nouveau rapport
War on Drugs an Epic Fail, BMJ Editors Say
Addiction is a health issue, not a moral failing, and physicians need to champion public policy changes that put treatment first and reverse the “absurd” focus on the war against drugs, which has never and will never work, say editors of the BMJ. “All wars cause human rights violations and
Former Swiss president visits Ithaca to talk drug policy, supervised injection sites
by Kelsey O’Connor, Ithaca Voice The former president of Switzerland, Ruth Dreifuss, stopped in Ithaca on Wednesday to discuss drug policy and share her experience as the city forges ahead with The Ithaca Plan. One of the most controversial recommendations in The Ithaca Plan is creating a supervised injection facility
Non-violent drug users should face no penalty—a call from the Global Commission on Drug Policy
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL Original article: click here. Opinion piece by Ruth Dreifuss, former President of Switzerland and Chair of the Global Commission, and Pavel Bém, former Mayor of Prague and member of the Global Commission. We urgently need pragmatic reform to develop effective and humane drug policies, including regulated
British Medical Journal calls for legalisation of drugs
The British Medical Journal has called for the legalisation of illicit drugs for the first time. Prohibition laws have failed to curb either supply or demand, reduce addiction, cut violence or reduce profits for organised crime, the journal argued, saying the so-called ‘War on Drugs’ had been a failure. It
War on drugs has failed says one of the world’s top medical journals
The British Medical Journal’s warning is echoed by Lib Dem MP Nick Clegg, who calls for medicinal cannabis to be legalised. The war on drugs has failed and doctors should lead calls for change, one of the world’s top medical journals has said. The British Medical Journal says illegal drug
Progress on the war on drugs
While Election Day in the US has left many of the causes we hold dearly at risk, there was a bright spark in efforts to end the failed war on drugs. California, Massachusetts and Nevada all legalised marijuana, while Florida, Arkansas and North Dakota all approved medical marijuana. As the
