Zonder in te gaan op het getrol van freelancer:
Men verwijst opnieuw naar het succesverhaal in Portugal (decriminaliseren van alle illegale drugs) in dit nieuwe rapport.
Dat is een belangrijke evolutie.
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10080
Citaat:
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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Global Commission On Drugs
DECRIMINALIZATION INITIATIVES DO NOT RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN DRUG USE
Portugal
In July 2001, Portugal became the first European country to decriminalize the use and possession of all illicit drugs. Many observers were critical of the policy, believing that it would lead to increases in drug use and associated problems. Dr. Caitlin Hughes of the University of New South Wales and Professor Alex Stevens of the University of Kent have undertaken detailed research into the effects of decriminalization in Portugal. Their recently published findings have shown that this was not the case, replicating the conclusions of their earlier study and that of the CATO Institute.
Hughes and Stevens’ 2010 report detects a slight increase in overall rates of drug use in Portugal in the 10 years since decriminalization, but at a level consistent with other similar countries where drug use remained criminalized. Within this general trend, there has also been a specific decline in the use of heroin, which was in 2001 the main concern of the Portuguese government. Their overall conclusion is that the removal of criminal penalties, combined with the use of alternative therapeutic responses to people struggling with drug dependence, has reduced the burden of drug law enforcement on the criminal justice system and the overall level of problematic drug use.
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Once he saw the officials of a temple leading away someone who had stolen a bowl belonging to the treasurers, and said, "The great thieves are leading away the little thief."
Laatst gewijzigd door donzigschaap : 3 juni 2011 om 15:05.
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