Diplomats and top officials from governments around the world gathered last week at United Nations headquarters in New York to discuss what to do about the global drug problem. Over the course of four days and multiple discussions, the assembled dignitaries vowed to take a more comprehensive approach to the issue than in years past — but they also decided to keep waging the war on drugs.
The « outcome document » adopted during the UN General Assembly’s special session (UNGASS) calls for countries to « prevent and counter » drug-related crime by disrupting the « illicit cultivation, production, manufacturing, and trafficking » of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and other substances banned by international law. The document also reaffirmed the UN’s « unwavering commitment » to « supply reduction and related measures. »
Yet according to the UN’s own data, the supply-oriented approach to fighting drug trafficking has been a failure of epic proportions. Last May, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) issued its 2015 World Drug Report, which shows that — despite billions of dollars spent trying to eradicate illicit crops, seize drug loads, and arrest traffickers — more people than ever before are getting high.
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La population des Andes consomme la feuille de coca depuis des millénaires.RFI / Reza Nourmamode
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