Here’s the final chapter on the months-long controversy over the United Nations’ efforts to establish the next decade’s global drug policy guidelines.
As we noted yesterday, language adopting “harm reduction” strategies didn’t make the cut, largely because the Obama administration opposed it. But that wasn’t quite the More…
In Vienna, United Nations members today signed off on the United Nations political declaration recommending global drug policy for the decade to come. Despite a strong push by Europe and others to include “harm reduction” language — a reference to health-focused policies for dealing with drug abuse — opposition from More…
Today, President Barack Obama officially tapped Seattle police chief Gil Kerlikowske to head the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Democrats were quick to hail the pick. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) issued a statement saying the choice “sends a strong message to law enforcement that help is on the way More…
Official negotiations among United Nations members begin today in Vienna over a U.N. declaration to guide global drug policy for the next decade.
As we’ve written here recently, the Obama administration has come out strongly in support of needle exchange programs — a break from previous administrations that’s been More…
Bush-era envoys to the United Nations are trying to block global efforts to promote HIV/AIDS-prevention programs such as needle exchanges, according to health and human rights advocates who supplied documents of the negotiations. The envoys’ opposition runs directly counter to the stated position of President Obama, who supports lifting a More…
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