Maroc : la prohibition du cannabis en question

Lire l’original sur Jeune Afrique Transformer le rôle de l’UE dans le contrôle du cannabis au Maroc L’Europe a joué un rôle déterminant, depuis 1906, dans le contrôle du cannabis au Maroc. Il s’agissait dans un premier temps d’exploiter cette ressource légalement ; puis de la prohiber dans le cadre de

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“Admettons nos erreurs.”

Lire l’original sur Jeune Afrique . – Lorsque nous dirigions nos pays respectifs, le Nigéria et l’Afrique du Sud – les deux plus importantes économies du continent – nos gouvernements rêvaient d’accomplir bien des choses. Entre autres, de créer des sociétés exemptes de drogues. Nous avions tort. Nous avions tort

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“Let’s admit we were wrong.”

See the original article on Africa Report . – When we were Presidents of Nigeria and South Africa – the largest economies on the continent – our Administrations dreamt of many things. One in particular was to create drug-free societies. We were wrong. We were wrong because we thought prohibition,

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PRESS RELEASE: Model Drug Law for West Africa presented to ministers of health on the sidelines of the 72nd session of the World Health Assembly

Télécharger la version française GENEVA, 22 May 2019—The West Africa Commission on Drugs, UNAIDS and the Global Commission on Drug Policy today presented the Model Drug Law for West Africa to ministers of health of the Economic Community of West African States. Drug laws in western Africa are not having

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Press Release: The Global Commission welcomes Kgalema Motlanthe and Cassam Uteem as new members

Geneva, 27 March 2019 The Global Commission on Drug Policy is honored and delighted to welcome as distinguished new members, Kgalema Motlanthe, former President of South Africa (2008-2009), and Cassam Uteem, former President of Mauritius (1992-2002). Kgalema Motlanthe was politically active from an early age, serving in the ANC (African

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Khalid Tinasti in Modern Ghana: “Africa’s Time To Shape International Drug Policy”

Read original article in Modern Ghana. Africa’s Time To Shape International Drug Policy Last March, during a discussion on the decriminalization of drug use at a diplomatic dinner in Vienna, where the United Nations’ drug control entities sit, a Central African representative said that “African countries cannot decriminalize, because only

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Commissioner Kazatchkine on Africanews: “Débat sur la légalisation du cannabis en Afrique”

Commissioner Michel Kazatchkine gives the opinion of the Global Commission on Drug Policy on the failures of the prohibitionist regime of drug control land the need to legally regulate all drugs. Michel Kazachkine, membre de la Commission globale de politique en matière de drogues, présente la position de la Commission

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BBC World Service: “Nigeria’s Obasanjo speaks out on drug policy”

The Global Commission on Drug Policy – a group of eminent world leaders – has called for a rethink on drugs policy. They’ve released a new report saying the current attitude of stigmatising drugs is hindering effective policy-making, and argue that governments should be talking about ‘harm reduction’ rather than

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