| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
Do we need to reform international drug treaties as more countries legalize cannabis? - (Wayne Hall, Society for the Study of Addiction)
The future of international drug control treaties is in doubt because of recent treaty-violating decisions to legalize cannabis use in Canada, the United States and Uruguay. Professor Wayne Hall, whose 2014 review of 20 years of cannabis research made world headlines, thinks so. If decriminalization is the way of the future, Hall advocates a cautious approach to policy reform that would involve trialling and evaluating the effects of incrementally more liberal drug policies. His suggestions, outlined below, are published online today by the scientific journal Addiction. (Society for the Study of Addiction, 08.09.2017)
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/sfts-dwn083017.php