Cannabis soll es künftig auf Rezept geben: Nach Angaben der FDP haben sich die Koalitionsfraktionen am Montag auf eine entsprechende Änderung des Betäubungsmittelrechts geeinigt.

Berlin - Mediziner fordern es schon seit langem, nun scheint endlich auch die Politik zu reagieren: Eine Gesetzesänderung soll die Möglichkeit eröffnen, Cannabis-Medikamente in Deutschland herzustellen und für eine Therapie zu verschreiben. Darauf haben sich laut FDP die Fraktionen der Regierung am Montag grundsätzlich geeinigt.

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taz.de

One of the UK's leading doctors said today the government should consider decriminalising drugs because the blanket ban has failed to cut crime or improve health.

"I'm not saying we should make heroin available to everyone, but we should be treating it as a health issue rather than criminalising people," said Sir Ian Gilmore, former president of the Royal College of Physicians.

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sky.com

Front gegen das NRW-Drogengesetz. Gegen den Plan der neuen Landesregierung, Rauschmittel stärker zu legalisieren, formiert sich starker Protest.

Nach der Polizeigewerkschaft und der CDU schlägt nun die Drogenbeauftragte der Bundesregierung Alarm.

Mechthild Dyckmans (FDP) zum EXPRESS: „Das ist ein falsches Zeichen. In der Drogenpolitik muss es unser gemeinsames Ziel sein, den Konsum zu verringern und insbesondere den Einstieg zu verhindern.

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rp-online.de
old shit

Wearing a pressed shirt and tie, banging away on his laptop, law professor Alejandro Madrazo Lajous doesn't come across as an activist for legalizing marijuana.

But as the attorney for an organization at the forefront of the growing legalization movement in Mexico, he is one of its most ardent advocates.

"Seeing the destruction of my country because of the war on drugs, I began to realize the importance of debating the idea," said Madrazo, who is also an attorney for the Collective for an Integral Policy on Drugs.

dentonrc.com

Mexikos früherer Präsident Vicente Fox hat vorgeschlagen, Drogen in seinem Land zu legalisieren, um der Mafia den wirtschaftlichen Boden zu entziehen. „Wir müssen darüber nachdenken, die Herstellung, den Handel und den Verkauf von Drogen zu legalisieren“, schrieb der Amtsvorgänger und konservative Parteifreund des amtierenden Präsidenten Felipe Calderón in seinem Blog.

welt.de

Former President Vicente Fox is joining with those urging his successor to legalize drugs in Mexico, saying that could break the economic power of the country's brutal drug cartels.

Fox's comments, posted Sunday on his blog, came less than a week after President Felipe Calderon agreed to open the door to discussions about the legalization of drugs, even though he stressed that he remained opposed to the idea.

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old zack

One of the most enduring disconnects in the legalization debate is the question of what will become of those nasty drug cartels when we end marijuana prohibition. Here's how Tim Rosales of the No on Prop 19 campaign framed it in a debate with Jane Hamsher on CNN:

You would just be giving the Mexican drug cartels a platform, a legal platform, to operate from here in the United States. I don't think that's a risk that a lot of Californians, or even Americans, want to take.

I think he's right insofar as people do worry about this, and stirring up those sorts of anxieties isn't a bad strategy for legalization's opponents to embrace (particularly given how little they have to work with). But the idea itself is about as brain-dead ridiculous as can be.

stopthedrugwar.org

Mexico's president Felipe Caldéron is the latest Latin leader to call for a debate on drugs legalisation. And in the US, liberals and right-wing libertarians are pressing for an end to prohibition. Forty years after President Nixon launched the 'war on drugs' there is a growing momentum to abandon the fight

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