XPost: uk.legal, uk.politics.drugs   
   From: johs@size436464778fitter.com   
      
   Dr John Watson wrote:   
   >   
   > So... more of the same.   
   >   
   > VIENNA (Reuters) - A United Nations drive to cut supply and demand for   
   > illegal drugs has shown no progress globally in the decade since it was   
   > started, a European Commission report said on Tuesday.   
   >   
   > The report came on the eve of a ministerial-level meeting by the U.N.   
   > Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna to review the decade since a U.N.   
   > General Assembly session (UNGASS) set the targets and launched the war on   
   > drugs.   
   >   
   > Papering over internal dissent, U.N. members are expected to sign a   
   > declaration re-committing themselves to fighting drug trafficking for   
   > another 10 years.   
   >   
   > The European Commission report said enforcing drug bans had backfired by   
   > displacing drugs traffickers to relatively lawless regions. The ban had   
   > led to addicts sharing needles -- spreading disease -- as syringe-exchange   
   > centers have been unavailable.   
      
      
   A stupid argument. Like saying that I shouldn't secure my house because   
   burglars will move into other areas.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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