ANTIPROHIBITIONIST OF THE ENTIRE WORLD ....
Year 5 #1, Juanuary 7 1999
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Weekly Action Report on Drug Policies
Edited by the CORA - Radical Antiprohibitionist Coordination, federated to
- TRP-Transnational Radical Party (NGO, consultive status, I)
- The Global Coalition for Alternatives to the Drug War
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000429 05/01/99
E.U. / GERMANY
ADDICTION
FRANKFURTER 05, 06/12 / SUEDDEUTSCHE Z. 05/12
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In 1998 the number of deaths for drug consumption has risen again. In the end of November there already had been 1412, which is 8% more than he same period in 1997. Furthermore: there are great differences in these numbers depending on the region; the first cause of these deaths is from heroin overdose; three quarters of the victims are males; average age of addicts is also rising.
000428 05/01/99
E.U. / GB
HEALTH /
FINANCIAL TIMES
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Experimentation of therapeutic use of cannabis has started. The cannabis, which was planted last August, on a secret farm somewhere in the south of England, is already being harvested. Two thousand patients have accepted to undergo this experimental treatment, which will last two years.
000425 30/12/98
E.U. / SPAIN
JURISPRUDENCE
EL PAIS
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'Jueces para la Democratia' criticize the decision of the Supreme Court that punishes people found in posession of cannabis for private use. In 1997 49900 people were fined for drug use, and 90% of those regarded use of cannabis. The average fine is of 60000 70000 peseta for every gram of hashish.
000426 31/12/98
E.U. / SPAIN
JURISPRUDENCE
EL PAIS
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The Supreme Court has confirmed the sentence that condemnes seven policemen who were involved in drug trafficking. The crimes they are accused of include: menacing, illegal arms detention, falsification of documents and neglect of official duties.
000427 05/01/99
E.U. / FRANCE
LEGISLATION
LIBERATION
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The Minister of Health, Mr. Bernard Kouchner, suggests that use of drugs, especially cannabis, should be punished with a simple fine, and not with imprisonment.
000423 04/01/99
AMERICA / USA
PRODUCERS
CORRIERE DELLA SERA / IL MESSAGGERO / LA REPUBBLICA
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A new kind of drug is starting to spread in the Midwest. It's called 'nazi crack' because it is a mixture of amphetamines that seemes to have originally been used by the Germans during the Second World War to keep their soldiers awake.
000424 09/01/99
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WAR ON DRUGS
THE ECONOMIST
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The war on drugs seems to be giving no positive results. This point of view can be found in various recently published books that also underline the difficulty there is in adopting alternative solutions to the drug problem.
000430 05/01/99
E.U. / GERMANY
WAR ON DRUGS
FRANKFURTER / SUEDDEUTSCHE Z.
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From now on drug-detecting police dogs will be used in German airports not only to control luggage, but also passengers.
000431 06/01/99
AMERICA / COLOMBIA
WAR ON DRUGS
HERALD TRIBUNE
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Members of the guerrilla and of the American Government have met secretely to decide how to put an end to the financing that the Columbian rebels recieve in exchange for protecting drug traffickers. A proposal is to create a demilitarized zone in which the rebels can move freely.
ITALY- The annual esteemed money made by organised crime through drug dealing in numbers: 14.000 billion Lire made by the Camorra; 19.000 billion Lire made by the 'Ndrangheta; 15.550 billion by the Nuova Sacra Corona Unita, for a total of 50.200 billion Lire.
ITALY- These are figures published by the Ministry of Interiors regarding drugs during the first months of 1998: 36,04% more heroin, 30,51% more cocaine and 10,26% less light drugs sequestered by the police; 27,74% less deaths for overdose; 2,09% more people arrested for crimes regarding drugs.
