U.N. Proposes 50% Reduction in Drug Demand

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs, a U.N. policy-making body, is considering a United Nations initiative (called the “draft declaration on the guiding principles of drug demand reduction”) that will ask all governments to reduce demand for illegal drugs up to half within ten years. The demanding targets and tight time frames are designed to force governments to make progress on the single most import element in international narcotics control... [more]