Drug Abuse: Drug Conventions the Best Tools to Fight the Spread of Illicit Drugs

Published July 5, 2013

Drug conventions the best tools to fight the spread of illicit drugs
Filed under: Drug Abuse

By Yury Fedotov, Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime Yes genuine challenges exist, but the international drug conventions are containing the spread of illicit drugs. They are the best tools we have, but they must be used properly. Recently, in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, away from the glare of the hot
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Stop saving drug mules abroad, gov’t told
Filed under: Drug Abuse

MANILA, Philippines – Two days after the Philippine government failed to save a Filipino on China’s death row, two solons pushed for a “hands-off” policy on drug mules abroad, whom one of them called an “embarrassment.” Pulling all stops to save those who committed serious crimes abroad sends the wrong message, according to …
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