On Wednesday 19th February GDPO hosted a film screening of ‘Raw Opium: Pain, Pleasure, Profits’ followed by a panel discussion ‘The Dilemmas of Drug Policy: Global to local’. The film itself follows the trade in opium/heroin from a poppy growing region of India, over the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border and on to Vancouver’s supervised injection site –…Continue Reading ‘The Dilemmas of Drug Policy: Global to local’
RAND Europe Report on ‘Multinational overview of cannabis production regimes’
In July 2013 the Research and Documentation Centre (WODC) of the Netherlands Ministry of Security and Justice asked RAND Europe to provide a multinational overview of cannabis production regimes. The result of this research was a report that summarises differing cannabis production regimes across the world. It also analyses official statements and/or legal decisions made…Continue Reading RAND Europe Report on ‘Multinational overview of cannabis production regimes’
The Beginning of the End for the Pot Prohibition
The beginning of the end for the ‘war on weed’ in the US? A new survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports in August 2013 shows that 82% of Americans think the US is losing the war on drugs. Only 4% of respondents believe the US is winning this war. This survey comes at a sensitive time…Continue Reading The Beginning of the End for the Pot Prohibition