New Drug Policy Report of the Organization of American States Reviews Drug Policy Overhaul: Highes
New Drug Policy Report of the Organization of American States Reviews Drug Policy Overhaul: Highest Level Report to Date
BOGOTA, Colombia, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Open Society Foundations today welcomed a game-changing report on drug control that considers possible alternatives to current drug policies internationally.
"The review explores what can be done in a post-drug war world," said Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Director of the Open Society Global Drug Policy Program. "This report envisions a number of possibilities that will broaden the current debate on drug policy reform."
The Organization of American States review, commissioned at last year's Cartagena Summit of the Americas, reflects the growing dissatisfaction with the status quo. Several Latin American heads-of-state, frustrated with the failure and counterproductive nature of existing drug control structures, pushed for this review.
David Holiday , Senior Regional Advocacy Officer for the Open Society Latin America Program, said, "This is the beginning of an international conversation on a new approach to drugs. We can hope this will move policies from those currently based in repression to strategies rooted in public health and human rights."
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