Examples of using Decriminalisation in English and their translations into German
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UNODC censors its own website making the case for cannabis decriminalisation.
The core of the report is this: decriminalisation has not been the disaster many predicted and continue to predict.
Any social,political or economic argument could be invoked for defending the decriminalisation of the use of illegal drugs.
The decriminalisation of consumption(including tolerating self-production) is only one measure of accompaniment for this social mass phenomenon.
Many individuals and organisations are involved in the decriminalisation of cannabis around the globe.
This evidence shows that decriminalisation of drug use not necessarily leads to higher levels of use or to an increase of drug problems.
The report also contains a number of issues which are matters of individual conscience, for example,the implicit recommendation on euthanasia and the decriminalisation of hard drugs.
One would therefore have to tacitly agree that decriminalisation would lead to a reduction in and the safer use of drugs.
Russia: Decriminalisation of small amounts New drug laws took effect on 12 May decriminalising the possession of small amounts of drugs.
I support a reassessment of those substances listed as appropriate for psycholytic therapy within the narcotics legislation andbelieve that a decriminalisation of users is urgently needed.
The distinction between decriminalisation and legalisation is important, because only a few states have moved towards legalisation.
Between 1979 and 1994, the prevalence of hard-drug use in the Netherlands decreased from 15 per cent to 2.5 per cent,indicating no compelling correlation between decriminalisation and increased prevalence of drug use.
Decriminalisation or even legalisation would definitely be a weapon against traffickers, among whom there could be terrorists who make money off it.
A BBC survey showed that at least 81 Labour members ofparliament would be prepared to vote for decriminalisation of cannabis if it was recommended by a Royal Commission, against 31 who said they would oppose it.
Now the argument is that decriminalisation would help to relieve the overloaded prison population- and that is not acceptable because that is another debate that belongs elsewhere.
In conclusion, the Commission report calls on governments“to ensure that the international conventions are interpreted or revised to provide a solidlegal base to allow risk reduction, decriminalisation and legal regulation to be tried”.
Venezuela: Decriminalisation of drug use The latest reform of the penal code included the increase of penalties for drug traffickers and the decriminalization of drug possession.
Allow me to explain my approach and that of the Swedish Social Democrats.We believe that the decriminalisation or legalisation of so-called soft drugs would be downright harmful because soft drugs lead to the use of harder drugs.
Decriminalisation may not end homophobia but taking the laws away will make a difference to people whose daily lives are interrupted and live in fear of being outed and blackmailed.
The reform has operated on different fronts regarding for example, appellate remedies, decriminalisation of minor offences and expedited procedures, alternative dispute mechanisms, organisation of courts, digitalisation of case management.
Decriminalisation of drug use as has taken place in the Netherlands and Portugal does not lead to increased use, but to safer conditions for drug consumers, and more efficient approaches in law enforcement.
Set 40 years after it was written, in 2010, Brunner's work predicts Detroit's economic decline, increased global terrorism, the European Union's formation,wider acceptance of gay marriage and the decriminalisation of marijuana, among other things.
Mrs d'Ancona stresses in her report that the decriminalisation of cannabis and the supply of drugs on medical prescription must not be identified, as the Council is doing, as the opposite of the repression of the illegal traffic in narcotic drugs.
Another of the cardinal sins concerns the serious fact that this proposal deliberately and flagrantly disregards the will ofthe citizens, expressed freely and democratically in the referenda on the decriminalisation of abortion held in some Members States, such as Portugal, for example.
So let us get away from this nonsense about decriminalisation and this tendency to trivialise the whole problem area by closing our eyes to the criminals who exploit our young people and destroy their health.
However, half ofrespondents believed that experimentation with cannabis isdangerous, two thirds of people questioned believed in the‘gateway effect'(99) and 65% opposed decriminalisation ofcannabis even under certain conditions while 88%opposed decriminalisation of heroin use.
News in brief Mexico: Decriminalisation Mexico's Congress has passed a bill decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs, from cannabis to methamphetamine, as President Felipe Calderon tries to focus on catching traffickers.
On the other hand, decriminalisation is big step forward, it breaks down those barriers," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation ahead of meetings in New Delhi to drum up support to raise some $14 billion to fight the three diseases.
Jamaica: Cannabis decriminalisation expected at the end of the year Jamaica's justice Minister Mark Golding told reporters that lawmakers should make possession of 2 ounces(56 grams) or less a petty offense before the end of 2014.
France: A report commissioned by the government suggests decriminalisation of all drugs Two assembly members were commissioned by the government through the National Assembly Laws Commission to study France's drug policies, and recommend changes that could alleviate strain on the country's criminal justice system.