Global drug control norms will shift
The Special Session (UNGASS) on the World Drug Problem in 2016 will be the scene for a shift in the global drug fight
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- Regime weakening
- Consensus for change
- Failed supply control
- High collateral damage
- Raised costs of incarceration
- Harm reduction
- US position
- Likely changes
- Redefining goals
- Opening policy space
- Ending UN dissonance
- Tipping point?
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_350.jpg "A view of the screen of a vending machine that contains cannabis flower, hemp-oil energy drinks, and other merchandise at a medical marijuana dispensary (Reuters/David Ryder)")