Historique
Rapport
A quiet revolution: Drug decriminalisation policies in practice across the globe
(Une révolution silencieuse : les politiques de dépénalisation des drogues dans le monde)
Auteur(s) :
ROSMARIN, A. ;
EASTWOOD, N.
Année
2012
Page(s) :
44 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
London : Release
ISBN :
978-0-904932-10-9
Refs biblio. :
187
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
LOI (Loi et son application / Law enforcement)
Thésaurus géographique
INTERNATIONAL
Thésaurus mots-clés
DECRIMINALISATION
;
POLITIQUE
;
RECOMMANDATION
;
MODELE
;
SANCTION PENALE
;
POSSESSION DE DROGUE
;
EFFICACITE
Note générale :
Ce rapport examine une vingtaine de pays qui ont mis en place une forme de dépénalisation de la possession de drogues pour usage personnel.
Note de contenu :
CONTENTS:
Chapter 1 - Decriminalisation systems by country.
Chapter 2 - Recommendations for an effective decriminalisation policy model:
- Thresholds or no thresholds
- Non threshold approach
- The adoption of thresholds
- Response and sentencing
- No response
- Fines or other administrative penalties
- Treatment
- Administrative detention
- Disproportionate sentencing for cases involving possession above the threshold or supply offences
- Public health interventions and treatment
- Implementation considerations
- Disparate enforcement
- Net-widening.
Chapter 1 - Decriminalisation systems by country.
Chapter 2 - Recommendations for an effective decriminalisation policy model:
- Thresholds or no thresholds
- Non threshold approach
- The adoption of thresholds
- Response and sentencing
- No response
- Fines or other administrative penalties
- Treatment
- Administrative detention
- Disproportionate sentencing for cases involving possession above the threshold or supply offences
- Public health interventions and treatment
- Implementation considerations
- Disparate enforcement
- Net-widening.
Résumé :
This report is the first report to support Release's campaign 'Drugs - It's Time for Better Laws'. This campaign was launched in June 2011 and saw the organisation write to David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, calling for a review of our current drug policies and promoting the introduction of decriminalisation of drug possession. The letter was supported by high profile individuals including Sting, Richard Branson, Caroline Lucas MP and Baroness Meacher.
The campaign will progress this year with the publication of three reports: the first, this paper on decriminalisation, demonstrates that the law enforcement model adopted has little impact on the levels of drug use within a country and yet the criminalisation of people who use drugs causes significant harms to the individual and society. The second paper will be launched in autumn 2012 and will look at the disproportionate policing and prosecution of drug possession offences in the UK. The final report to be launched in early 2013 will look at the crude economic costs associated with policing and prosecuting the possession of drugs in the UK.
More information about the campaign can be accessed at: www.release.org.uk/decriminalisation
The campaign will progress this year with the publication of three reports: the first, this paper on decriminalisation, demonstrates that the law enforcement model adopted has little impact on the levels of drug use within a country and yet the criminalisation of people who use drugs causes significant harms to the individual and society. The second paper will be launched in autumn 2012 and will look at the disproportionate policing and prosecution of drug possession offences in the UK. The final report to be launched in early 2013 will look at the crude economic costs associated with policing and prosecuting the possession of drugs in the UK.
More information about the campaign can be accessed at: www.release.org.uk/decriminalisation
Affiliation :
UK