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NORML
Foundation
Releases
Report
Detailing
European
Marijuana
Policies
10/22/99
(courtesy NORML Foundation,
http://www.norml.org)
October 21, 1999, Washington,
DC: The NORML Foundation released a comprehensive report today describing
and detailing the current marijuana laws in Europe. For the most
part Europe is moving in an opposite direction from the United States on
drug policy. Whereas the U.S. relies heavily on interdiction, domestic
suppression, anti-marijuana propaganda and severe criminal and civil penalties,
Europe is moving toward a "harm reduction" model, which recognizes responsible
marijuana use by adults as beyond the purview of government concern.
"In effect, most, though
not all, European countries view America's 'war on drugs,' criminal justice-oriented
approach as being both ineffective and counterproductive," said Allen St.
Pierre, NORML Foundation Executive Director. "America is becoming
an island unto itself regarding its wasteful and excessive drug war."
The report covers 16 European
countries, with special focus on marijuana policies in the Netherlands,
Denmark's Christiana "Experiment" and Switzerland. Also, there are
helpful charts and a country-by-country description of marijuana penalties.
A chart of western European
marijuana laws can be found at http://www.norml.org/laws/european_policy.shtml#table.
The report can be viewed at http://www.norml.org/laws/european_policy.shtml.
For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, NORML, Foundation
Executive Director, at (202) 483-8751.
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Issue #113, 10/22/99
California Reports Record Percentage of Drug Prisoners: One in Eight Imprisoned for Simple Possession of Drugs | Marijuana Arrests Stay at Record-High Level: FBI Reports 682,885 Marijuana Arrests in 1998, 88% for Possession | NORML Foundation Releases Report Detailing European Marijuana Policies | Maine Sheriff Endorses Medical Marijuana | Just Say Know: New Directions in Drug Education -- Conference in SF Next Week | Safety First: Reality-Based Drug Education Booklet Published by The Lindesmith Center | Newsbriefs | San Francisco Beats New York at Crime Reduction | Newsbriefs | Publication Suspended of New Book Claiming George W. Bush Arrested for Cocaine in '72 | Elizabeth Dole Drops Out of Race | Editorial: Whose life is it anyway?
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