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DRCNet
Exclusive!!
British
Euro-MP's
Ordered
by
Blair
to
Vote
Against
Commission
Recommendations
for
EU
Drug
Policy
1/9/98
DRCNet has learned, from sources within the European Parliament, that
all 60 of British Labour's EP members have received direct orders from
10 Downing Street to vote against the adoption of the recommendations contained
in the report prepared by the EU Parliamentary Commission on Drugs. The
report's recommendations included the adoption of a harm-reduction approach
to the use of drugs and the decriminalization of possession of cannabis,
among other things. You can read the report online at http://www.drugtext.nl/eu/drugseu.html.
(DrugText is maintained by DRCNet advisory board member Mario Lap, our
source for this exclusive.)
The vote, which is tentatively scheduled for Monday, January 12, comes
at a time when the debate over the legal status of cannabis has reached
a furious boil in the UK. (See story below.)
In addition, the Blair government has apparently ordered the 60 to vote
in support of Swedish Amendments to the report which would reaffirm a strict
Prohibitionist stance. These amendments will be available online soon,
and DRCNet will keep you updated.
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Issue #24, 1/9/98
A Look Ahead at 1998 | War on Patients to Escalate: Federal Government Announces Plan to Raid Cannabis Buyers' Clubs | DRCNet Exclusive!! British Euro-MP's Ordered by Blair to Vote Against Commission Recommendations for EU Drug Policy | Ann Landers, Anthony Lewis Trash Drug War: DRCNet subscribers are urged to respond! | Candle Correction | Giuliani Pledges a "Drug Free New York" | Heroin in New England -- Cheaper, Purer Than Ever | Federal Anti-Drug Ad Campaign to Hit Airwaves | America "Works With" Her International Partner | US Counternarcotics Base to Replace Air Force Base When Panama Canal is Turned Over | Signature Drive Underway for Industrial Hemp Ballot Initiative in California | UK: Home Secretary's Son Found Dealing Cannabis, Legaliation Debate Rages | Australian Cops: "Policign is not the Answer" | "Smoke a Joint, Lose a Limb?:" Pending Mississippi Bill Threatens Dismemberment For Convicted Drug Violators | Student Suspension Overturned | Jury Nullification Ballot Initiative in California | Job Opportunity at DPF | Editorial: A "Drug Free New York?" C'mon Rudy
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