ANTIPROHIBITIONIST OF THE ENTIRE WORLD ....
Year 5 #11, March 20 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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000536 13/03/99
OCEANIA / AUSTRALIA
ADDICITION
LA REPUBBLICA
Six Australian policemen have taken legal action against the Queensland police. They claim that a mission, which had them infiltrate and spy the world of drug pushers actually ended up turning them in to, addicts.
000535 13/03/99
AMERICA / CANADA
HEALTH
LA REPUBBLICA
The Canadian Minister of Health has approved the beginning for the experimentation of therapeutic use of marijuana, which will be given to patients just as any normal medicine. Timing and premises of this experiment are still to be decided.
000531 11/03/99
EUROPE / SWITZERLAND
INITIATIVE
EL PAIS
The Andalusian Institute of Criminology officially reports on the outcome of the Swiss project for controlled distribution of heroin: crimes committed by drug addicts have gone down by 60%, while convictions have gone down by 80%.
000532 17/03/99
E.U. / FRANCE
INITIATIVE
L'EXPRESS
In France there are 33 first aid centres for drug addicts. Clean hypodermic needles and someone who will tend an ear to their problems are certainly valid contributions to the general cause of harm reduction, but what's really missing is an effective prevention plan.
000533 15/03/99
E.U.
INITIATIVE
IL GIORNALE
The Green party has distributed to all members of the European Parliament a leaflet in favour of therapeutic use of heroin rising much protest, especially from their colleagues from Forza Italia, the center-right wing party.
000539 16/03/99
E.U. / GERMANY
INITIATIVE
FRANKFURTER
The CDU/CSU is ready to support the Government's project of controlled distribution of heroin, but is still against legalisation of light drugs, as proposed by the Green and Social Democrat Parties.
000538 16/03/99
E.U. / ITALY
JUSTICE
IL SOLE 24 ORE
Confcommercio (one of Italy's major commerce associations) has sounded an alarm about the official figures regarding money laundering: In Italy drugs produce a gross amount of 160 billion Lire, and only 2% is recovered. The various Mafia organisations are in control of about 20% of the general market.
000534 11/03/99
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MARKET
FRANKFURTER
German authorities say that during the past fifteen years Europe has changed from being an importer to being an exporter of synthetic drugs, especially towards Florida, California and New York.
000537 15/03/99
AMERICA / USA
WAR ON DRUGS
HERALD TRIBUNE /
General Mc Caffrey, in charge of anti drug policies, complains about lack of tangible results. Editorialist Timothy Egan's opinion is that prohibitionism is ruining America.
000540 17/03/99
AMERICA
WAR ON DRUGS
HERALD TRIBUNE
After having infiltrated the world of drug traffickers, a number of American secret agents claim to have discovered suspicious facts about the Mexican War Minister.
000541 22/03/99
ASIA / AFGHANISTAN
WAR ON DRUGS
TIME
The Talibans had announced that they would have destroyed all heroin refineries on the border with Pakistan, but the journalists who were called to report on this only found piles of roubles and a sparse group of workers.
