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Title: World drugs body calls Uruguay marijuana move 'illegal'
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Published: Dec 12, 2013
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Post Date: 2013-12-12 03:04:44 by Tatarewicz
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Vienna (AFP) - Uruguay's move to legalise the production and sale of marijuana breaks international law, the world drugs body said Wednesday, warning it would encourage addiction. "Uruguay is breaking the international conventions on drug control with the cannabis legislation approved by its congress," said the International Narcotics Control Board, a UN body that oversees the implementation of international treaties on drugs. INCB president Raymond Yans added he was "surprised" that Montevideo had "knowingly decided to break the universally agreed and internationally endorsed legal provisions of the treaty." He accused the country's lawmakers of ignoring scientific evidence on the health risks of marijuana, and said claims the law would help reduce crime relied on "rather precarious and unsubstantiated assumptions." The move "will not protect young people, but rather have the perverse effect of encouraging early experimentation, lowering the age of first use, and thus contributing to... earlier onset of addiction and other disorders," said Yans. Uruguay's parliament voted on Tuesday to legalise marijuana, becoming the first nation in the world to oversee the production and sale of the drug. "The war against drugs has failed," said Senator Roberto Conde as he presented the bill on behalf of the ruling leftist Broad Front, calling it an "unavoidable response" to that failure. The law not only authorises the production, distribution and sale of cannabis, but also allows individuals to grow their own on a small scale, and creates consumer clubs -- all under state supervision and control. The UN office on drugs and crime on Wednesday said it agreed with the INCB statement and implicitly criticised Uruguay's unilateral move in the global war on drugs. "Just as illicit drugs are everyone's shared responsibility, there is a need for each country to work closely together and to jointly agree on the way forward for dealing with this global challenge," it said in a statement. http://news.yahoo.com/world-drugs-body-calls-uruguay-marijuana-move-39-171807533.html Poster Comment: carl b The governments of the world need to wake up! marijuana is an herb which has may legit medical uses. I live in the Philippines where pot is illegal. I have had MS since 1990 and multiple orthopedic problems. marijuana is the only thing that really helps me but here can not use as could be deported. In the USA I lived in North Carolina where marijuana [ small amounts ] for personal use has been decriminalized for years. I had my symptoms under control for years. But now I have to use Rx drugs that are slowly destroying my liver and extremely costly. I say legalize ALL DRUGS and this will stop all the killings from drug cartels. Sell at government stores, tax them and use the tax money for treatment programs, a few northern Europe countries have done this and the crime rate dropped greatly and drug crimes almost totally gone. How many people in the USA alone are in jail costing billions each year to feed and house for simply using marijuana? Of course the legal system would hurt as attorneys and "private prisons" make billions a year "fighting drugs" ? When will the "people" wake up???? Geraldine 1 hour ago Doctors told my 91 yr old grandfather to keep doing, whatever he was doing ! He takes no medication,he walks 1 mile every morning,& rides a bike 2 miles, does 25 push-ups along with 25 sit-ups. He told the doctor that he's been smoking a marijuana cigarrete every morning before his exercise, then eats a big fruit & vegatable salad at lunch. He volunteers work at the local zoo, reads his newspaper at home in the evening, mows his own lawn & before bed after his bath he smokes another marijuana cigarrete,has a glass of hot tea & he loves the 6" Subway sandwich ham & cheese with tomatos and pickles ! Doctors reported that his body was that of a man 50 yrs old, and told the family that marijuana benifited him well. +27 Patrick Adlam 2 hours ago Raymond Yans' academic background is Germanic philology and in philosophy. His professional experience is in the Belgian Diplomatic corps, from where he started to take an interest in international coordination of narcotics control. He is not qualified to speak on the health risks or benefits of marijuana use. He is upset that international conventions "have been broken". Such conventions are general agreements; not binding laws. Uruguay has decided to "break with" this convention. That is their sovereign right. Back off Mr Yans. You are overstepping your authority and professional competence. Patrick Adlam +78
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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
Can't have a sovereign state cutting into the CIA's drug profits now, can we?
Support bacteria. (The world needs more culture)
Good for your grandfather. I am a medical cannabis cardholder here in Oregon and pay for a friend to grow the plants I am permitted. I agree that consumed in a reasonable amount this herb does an immense amount of good, not bad. I do a good amount of heavy physical work in my job. My co-workers in fact were amazed I am fifty nine when they discovered this. They told me that they thought I was in my forties. I am glad countries around the world are finally beating the lies about cannabis and legalizing it. This is a movement that is gaining steam and long overdue.
#2. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
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