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Friday, 03 June 2011 07:00

‘A high-level international commission on Thursday declared the global “war on drugs” a failure and urged nations to consider steps such as legalizing marijuana to help undermine the power of organized crime.

The Global Commission on Drug Policy urges international leaders to take a new approach to reducing drug abuse, to replace the current strategy of strictly criminalizing drugs and incarcerating drug users while battling criminal cartels that control the drug trade.’

Read more: Global War on Drugs a Failure, High-level Panel Says