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EUROPE KNOWS THAT DRUG PROHIBITION IS A FAILURE – NOW IT SHOULD ACT UPON THAT KNOWLEDGE
The report was published on 10 March 2009. Its conclusions proved the rationale of drug prohibition – as a tool to reduce production, distribution and consumption of “controlled” drugs – to be false. According to the report, control efforts have minimal effects on the global illegal drugs market, the annual value of which is estimated at 300 billion US dollars. At the same time prohibition is a major cause of the increase in violence, corruption, environmental and health damage. These problems are responsible for the death, disease and serious deterioration of life standards of millions of people, consumers, their surroundings and society at large.
Therefore the Public Hearing will call upon European Union institutions to discuss alternative ways to control drugs. Drug policy can be humane, just and effective.
WHEN: 23 February 2010, from 10.00 to 16.00
WHERE: European Parliament, Brussels, Room A1E-3
http://www.encod.org/info/EUROPE-KNO...OHIBITION.html