Drugs: Virtually legal
In many countries, full jails, stretched budgets and a general weariness with the war on drugs have made prohibition harder to enforce
From heroin “shooting galleries” in Vancouver to Mexico’s decriminalisation of personal possession of drugs, the Americas are suddenly looking more permissive. Meanwhile in Europe, where drugs policy is generally less stringent, seven countries have decriminalised drug possession, and the rest are increasingly ignoring their supposedly harsh regimes. Is the “war on drugs” becoming a fiction? Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
