UN anti-drugs chief says 'legalization' is not a solution and points to Uruguay

Tuesday, March 11th 2014 - 06:19 UTC

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Legalization will not solve the world's narcotics problem, the UN anti-drugs chief said on Monday, indicating disagreement with a decision by Uruguay to allow the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana. Read full article

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Heisenbergcontext
I don't think even the most utopian Uruguayan legislator believes that legalisation is the solution to the world's drug problems. Yury Fedotov is deliberately missing the point.
Mar 11th, 2014 - 06:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
Nearly all the heavy drug dealers in MVD come from Argentina.

Legalising drugs leads to more use (perhaps) of heavy narcotics because the legal ones have lost there “scary” factor for juvenile users (of any age).

But we will see if “No MoneyPepe” ever gets his arse in gear, gets the Army field planted, reaped, the authorised dealers licenced and the policia trained (I bet they forget that one).
Mar 11th, 2014 - 11:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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