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INCB "Yellow list" – List of Narcotic Drugs under International Control [5] Chemical Weapons Convention, 1997; UN Convention on Drug Precursor Chemicals [6] INCB "Red list" – List of Chemicals frequently used in the Illicit Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances under International Control [7]
Decriminalized for private use: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: All use, sale possession, transportation, and cultivation of cocaine was made illegal in Argentina's Law 23.737. [1] However, in 2009 a judge ruled that banning the possession of drugs when it posed no threat to others violates the constitutional right to personal liberty. [2]
Drug liberalization is a drug policy process of decriminalizing, legalizing, or repealing laws that prohibit the production, possession, sale, or use of prohibited drugs. Variations of drug liberalization include drug legalization , drug relegalization , and drug decriminalization . [ 1 ]
As of 2023, 35 countries have the death penalty for drug offenses; of those, the 33 UN full member countries are parties to the UN drug conventions. Nine of those countries – China, Indonesia, Iran, Kuwait, Malaysia, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Vietnam – are considered "high application" countries that regularly perform drug crime ...
Examples of subject matter which have been the subject of changing views on criminality over time in various societies and countries include: Abortion (see: abortion law and abortion-rights movements) Breastfeeding in public; Drug possession, and recreational drug use (see: drug liberalization) Euthanasia (see: legality of euthanasia)
Canada’s government said Tuesday it will allow British Columbia to try a three-year experiment in decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs, seeking to stem a record number of ...
Colorado has decriminalized personal use of certain psychedelic drugs, like magic mushrooms, and a handful of other states are considering following suit. Perspectives Decriminalization has only ...
Under this policy drug use remained low; there was relatively little recreational use and few dependent users, who were prescribed drugs by their doctors as part of their treatment. From 1964 drug use was increasingly criminalised, with the framework still in place as of 2014 [update] largely determined by the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act .