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Author (up) Jahangir, Asma; Fuentes, Carlos; Gaviria, César; Zedillo, Ernesto; Cardoso, Fernando Henrique; Papandreou, George; Shultz, George P.; Solana, Javier; Whitehead, John; Annan, Kofi; Arbour, Louise; Cattaui, Maria; Vargas Llosa, Mario; Caspers-Merk, Marion; Kazatchkine, Michel; Volcker, Paul; Branson, Richard; Dreifuss, Ruth; Stoltenberg, Thorvald url 
  Title War on drugs : report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy Type Report
  Year 2011 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 20  
  Keywords AOD use, abuse, and dependence; HIV infection; harm reduction; public policy on AOD; recommendations or guidelines; law enforcement; violence; drug decriminalization; case study; international area; Switzerland; United Kingdom; Netherlands; Portugal; United States; Australia; West Africa; report  
  Abstract The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world. Fifty years after the initiation of the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, and 40 years after President Nixon launched the US government’s war on drugs, fundamental reforms in national and global drug control policies are urgently needed. Vast expenditures on criminalization and repressive measures directed at producers, traffickers and consumers of illegal drugs have clearly failed to effectively curtail supply or consumption. Apparent victories in eliminating one source or trafficking organization are negated almost instantly by the emergence of other sources and traffickers. Repressive efforts directed at consumers impede public health measures to reduce HIV/AIDS, overdose fatalities and other harmful consequences of drug use. Government expenditures on futile supply reduction strategies and incarceration displace more cost-effective and evidence-based investments in demand and harm reduction.  
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  Publisher Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) Place of Publication Rio de Janeiro Editor  
  Language English Summary Language Original Title  
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  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes Auch auf Deutsch vorhanden: 50-12492 Approved no  
  Call Number 50-11925 Serial 56465  
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