Global Commission Chair and former Swiss President Ruth Dreifuss challenges Trump’s drug action plan
As 120 nations support the US action plan to confront drug abuse, a prominent ex-politician explains why Switzerland is not on board. Read original article on Swissinfo. Ruth Dreifuss, who in 1999 was the first woman to hold the Swiss presidency, is the founder and president of the Global Commission on
Global Commission Präsidentin auf SRF: “Dreifuss legt sich mit Trump an”
Innerhalb der Vereinten Nationen wird hart um die künftige Ausrichtung der globalen Drogenpolitik gerungen. Mittendrin: eine alt Bundesrätin. Autor:Fredy Gsteiger Ruth Dreifuss wehrt sich. Die von ihr geleitete internationale Kommission für Drogenpolitik wolle keineswegs mit einer Liberalisierung dem Drogenhandel und -konsum Tür und Tor öffnen. Sie wolle eine «verantwortliche Kontrolle
The Intercept: Trump gets 100 countries to sign on to his U.N. drug war plan, ignoring changing thinking on human rights and legalization
Read original article in The Intercept. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION announced last week that it would kick off the United Nations General Assembly with an event inviting member states to join a revamped U.S. war on drugs. On Monday, Donald Trump got his drug meeting — but not quite everyone signed on. Billed as
TMN: “America’s ‘new’ global anti-drug plan embraces old-school eradication policies”
Read original article in Talk Media News. UNITED NATIONS — President Trump kicked off a busy week at the U.N. on Monday, hosting a meeting on the “world drug problem.” The U.S.-sponsored event was invite-only, and to earn a spot in the room, countries needed to sign on to a four-part
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
