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Global Commission on Drug Policy: Enforcement of Drug Laws: Refocusing on Organized Crime Elites

Global Commission on Drug Policy: Enforcement of Drug Laws: Refocusing on Organized Crime Elites

In this first report of this decade, the Global Commission on Drug Policy outlines how the current international drug control regime works for the benefit of transnational organized crime. It highlights how years of repressive policies targeted at nonviolent drug offenders have resulted in mass incarceration and produced countless adverse impacts on public health, the rule of law, and social cohesion, whilst at the same time reinforcing criminal elites.

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The report contains research on the prerequisites for a successful transition towards the reform of the outdated ideology-based international drug control regime, and provides cutting-edge recommendations on how to ensure that international criminal organizations are effectively disempowered by the transition towards a legally regulated drug market under the control of governments.

https://www.globalcommissionondrugs.org/reports/enforcement-of-drug-laws