“Ultimately, the global drug control regime must be reformed to permit legal regulation,” said Fernando Henrique Cardoso, the former President of Brazil. “Let’s start by treating drug addiction as a health issue – rather than as a crime – and by reducing drug demand through proven educational initiatives. But let’s also allow and encourage countries to carefully test models of responsible legal regulation as a means to undermine the power of organized crime, which thrives on illicit drug trafficking.”
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 23:55:46 +0000