ANTIPROHIBITIONIST OF THE ENTIRE WORLD ....
Year 5 #, February 4 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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ITALY-THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T EVEN READ ITS OWN REPORTS ON THE SRUG QUESTION
The Vice Minister of Justice, Mr. Franco Corleone, when asked during a question time what percentage of addicts is receiving methadone treatment, delivered a wrong answer. His answer was in fact 4,3%, but the Government says it is 3%. The Vice Minister, who is of the Green party, reminded everyone that official papers have been sent around to invite institutions to apply the law correctly, but also that this has had no effect. Above all, the official report on drug addiction that was supposed to be presented within the 31st of January was not presented at all. This is not surprising, if one thinks that the Government does not even read its own official reports...
000476 03/02/99
OCEANIA / AUSTRALIA
ADDICTION
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
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Heroin addicts who are going through a methadone treatment have a seven times greater chance of dying during the first two weeks of the treatment than those who don't take methadone. This is what a study by the 'Medical Journal of Australia' says. It has although already been objected to by Professor Alessandro Tagliamonte who says that this is just the beginning of a new crusade against methadone.
000477 01/02/99
E.U. / GERMANY
ADDICTION
LA REPUBBLICA
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The Mayor of Hamburg says he feels confident about the approval of a pilot project for controlled distribution of heroin under medical control. The project should start in various cities before the end of 1999.
000470 31/01/99
E.U. / ITALY
CONSUMERS
IL MESSAGGERO
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28% of Italian adolescents have smoked a joint at least once in their lives. This is the outcome of a research by the Univercity of Turin, which questioned 2500 young people between 14 and 19.
000473 02/02/99
E.U. / NETHERLAND
INITIATIVE
NEUE ZUERCHER Z.
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The latest report on drugs in Holland shows that consumption of illegal substances is at the moment lower than expected. This is incouraging for the antiprohibitionists, but the Govermnment is still being cautious about the question of legalisation, especially because of the international political situation.
000474 03/02/99
E.U. / ITALY
LAWS
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
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The Undersecretary of Justice, Franco Corleone, complains about the fact that the indications provided by the former General Prosecutor, Galli Fonseca, which went towards policies of harm reduction, have produced no effect whatsoever.
000475 31/01/99
E.U. / GB
PERSONALIT
THE TIMES 30/01 AND 01/02
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Tom Spencer, a deputy of the European Parliament, has been stopped at the airport carrying gay pornographic material and some cannabis. Mr. Spencer declared himself bisexual and in favour of legalising marijuana. He is a candidate for the coming European elections, but has been now suspended from all political activities of his political group in Brussels.
000471 29/01/99
EUROPE / SWITZERLAND
WAR ON DRUGS
NEUE ZUERCHER Z.
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The 'Federal Democratic Union' has deposited5 0000 signatures to indict a referenda against the law promulgated on the 10th of October of 1998, which regulates controlled distribution of heroin. Once the signatures will have been verified, the referenda can take place on the 13th of June.
000472 28/01/99
AMERICA / COLOMBIA
WAR ON DRUGS
LE FIGARO
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The recent earthquake has turned out to be very useful to the guerrilla, because it gives it a chance to suspend the peace treaty with the Government. This will prolong the de-militarization of the southern part of the country, where the guerrilla is in control of drug production and traffic. But the state has other priorities, at the moment.
000478 03/02/99
E.U. / GERMANY
WAR ON DRUGS
FRANKFURTER
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The CDU party of Baden-Wuerttenberg is still following the Swedish model: force all drug addicts to disintoxicate themselves. In the meanwhile, although, it refuses to accept the 'Fixerstuben', centers for controlled distribution of hypodermic needles.
