un office of drug and crime

Today the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime released a report calling for the decriminalization of casual and addict drug use and personal cannabis production. After a preface regurgitating the same tired and defunct arguments against repealing prohibition, the Report itself provides significant evidence that a law-enforcement based approach to drugs has failed. The Beyond Prohibition Foundation hopes that this report represents a fundamental and progressive shift in the official position of the international organization and a step away from the failed “War on Drugs” paradigm. Read more »