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decriminalization on cannabis use consumption is rather small, not significant, not present at
all or at least not present for last month’s use or for youngsters.” (Wim van den Brink Forum:
decriminalization of cannabis. Current Opinion in Psychiatry 2008, 21: s 122–126. Finnes
også i PDF på nettet).
Politisjefen Richard Brunstrom: “In 1999 the independent Police Foundation published the
results of a major inquiry. Their main conclusion was that ‘In the course of our Inquiry it has
become inescapably clear to us that the eradication of drug use is not achievable and is not
therefore either a realistic or a sensible goal of public policy.’ Their view has been endorsed
by others, interestingly including the Prime Minister’s own Strategy Unit.” (Richard
Brunstrom, Drugs Policy – A Radical Look Ahead. Funnet på
http://www.drugequality.org/files/Drugs_Policy_Paper_2007.pdf)
Rapporter som viser at den strafferettslige linjen ikke virker etter hensikten
Beckley Foundations Global Cannabis Commission Report fra oktober 2008 konkluderte med
at brukerhyppigheten rundt cannabis som rusmiddel er relativt uanfektet av om staten har
en repressiv eller en liberal narkotikapolitikk: ”There are variations over time in rates of
cannabis use within and between countries, but these variations do not seem to be affected
much by the probability of arrest or penalties for use or sale, however draconian.
The rationale for severe penalties for possession offenses is weak on both normative
and practical grounds. In many developed countries a majority of adults born in the past
half-century have used cannabis. Control regimes that criminalize users are intrusive on
privacy, socially divisive and expensive. Thus it is worth considering alternatives.”
Denne rapporten konkluderte også med at narkotikalovgivningen rammet
minoritetsgrupperinger uforholdsmessig hardt (”In countries where data are available, arrest
rates are sharply higher for many minority and socially disadvantaged groups”).
I tillegg til det har vi Runciman Rapporten fra 2000, som ser på utgangspunktet for
Storbritannias narkotikalovgivning (the Misuse of Drugs Act fra 1971), og hvordan
lovgivningen har preget samfunnet frem til i dag. Den konkluderer med følgende: “It is not
surprising that the prevalence of use is mirrored in the statistics on drug seizures and
offending against the MDA. Since the first full year of operation of the Misuse of Drugs Act
1971 in 1974 the number of offenders against the MDA and related legislation has risen
steadily, more than a nine-fold increase. The number of seizures by enforcement agencies
and the amounts seized of heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, cannabis and ecstasy have
significantly, indeed in some cases dramatically, increased since 1990. Nonetheless the scale
of availability as implied by the prevalence of use, especially when set against the reported
stability in prices on the street, makes it difficult to avoid the conclusion that efforts to choke
off supply have largely failed.” (Runciman Rapporten avsnitt 72.)
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