(2) Marie-Andrée Bertrand - New Players and New Strategies in the fight against the ban on drugs and the criminal repression of drug addicts Marie-Andrée Bertrand, President of the International Antiprohibitionist League, University of Montreal Introduction The past six or seven years have been marked by a resurgence of opposition to the official criminal policy on drugs. ... Continua

(5) Francis Caballero - Liberalize rather than Punish Francis Caballero, Lawyer, Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Paris X, President of the Controlled Legalization Movement (MLC), Author of Le Droit de la Drogue, Dalloz, 1989 Not only dangerous for public order, the policy of repression also threatens personal freedom. In June 1961, Harry Anslinger, the “incorruptible” head of the Narcotics Bureau and chief investigator of the international ban on narcotics said in an American magazine: “We are winning the war on drugs”. Thirty-two years later, one remains staggered by the number of bellicose declarations which follow one after the other at the highest echelons, with the same fecklessness. ... Continua

(6) MLC Manifesto Founded in Paris on 30 January 30 1993, by Francis Caballero, the Movement for Controlled Legalization (MLC in French) numbers about 100 members. The MLC acts in the field mainly by actions in court. ... Continua

REVISIONE DELLE CONVENZIONI DELLE NAZIONI UNITE IN MATERIA DI DROGA Gianfranco Dell’Alba, Olivier Dupuis e Jean Luc Robert Partito Radicale Lega Internazionale Antiproibizionista c/o Parlamento Europeo rue Belliard 97-113 - Rem. ... Continua

Gafi, Istat, Sert, Sca: ognuno dice la sua. Intanto il traffico cresce e gli interessi pure. SOMMARIO: Si riportano i dati relativi alla “dimensione dei profitti legati al traffico di droga” in Italia. (1994 - IL QUOTIDIANO RADICALE, 4 novembre 1993) Qual è oggi la dimensione dei profitti legati al traffico di droga? Le valutazioni più attendibili sono quelle del GAFI, che stima che nel mondo venga riciclata una somma, proveniente dal traffico di droga, fra i 120 e i 150 miliardi di dollari l’anno. ... Continua

HACIA EL CAMINO DEL MEDIO? Entrevista a Ethan Nadelman por Camilo Chaparro (redactor de “El Tiempo”) SUMARIO: Colombia ha sido incapaz de debatir el problema de la legalización de las drogas en instancias internacionales. ... Continua

LA DROGA: PROBLEMA SIN SOLUCION Carlos Enrique Cavelier SUMARIO: En el Foro sobre legalización de la droga, convocado por la Universidad de los Andes y el MIB-Harvard Club de Colombia, en octubre de 1993, se demostró que el total fracaso de la guerra contra las drogas, que se ha convertido en “el nuevo comunismo”. El autor sostiene que no se puede prohibir totalmente o legalizar abiertamente, pues no es lo mismo la marihuana, la cocaína o la heroína. ... Continua

POR QUE LEGALIZAR Milton Friedman SUMARIO: El Nobel de economía Milton Friedman explica las razones por las cuales deben legalizarse las drogas. La prohibición ha ocasionado más daño del que causa la droga, origina gran número de crímenes que causan miles de víctimas inocentes. ... Continua