Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) is a panel of 22 world leaders and intellectuals which issued an assessment in 2011 of the global War on Drugs, opening its report with \"The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world.\" The emphasis in drug policy on harsh law enforcement over four decades has not accomplished its goal of banishing drugs and has in fact spawned wide, dramatic eruptions of violence, the report continued. By way of alternative, the GCDP report \"advocates decriminalizing drug use by those who do no harm to others.\"The commission has been formed to \"bring to the international level an informed, science-based discussion about humane and effective ways to reduce the harm caused by drugs to people and societies. [It built] on the successful experience of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy.\"On September 9th, 2014 the Commission issued its new report Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies that Work. \"The report reflects the evolution in the thinking of the Commissioners, who reiterate their demands for decriminalization, alternatives to incarceration, and greater emphasis on public health approaches and now also call for permitting the legal regulation of psychoactive substances. The Commission is the most distinguished group of high-level leaders to ever call for such far-reaching changes.\""@en }
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- Global_Commission_on_Drug_Policy abstract "The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) is a panel of 22 world leaders and intellectuals which issued an assessment in 2011 of the global War on Drugs, opening its report with \"The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world.\" The emphasis in drug policy on harsh law enforcement over four decades has not accomplished its goal of banishing drugs and has in fact spawned wide, dramatic eruptions of violence, the report continued. By way of alternative, the GCDP report \"advocates decriminalizing drug use by those who do no harm to others.\"The commission has been formed to \"bring to the international level an informed, science-based discussion about humane and effective ways to reduce the harm caused by drugs to people and societies. [It built] on the successful experience of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy.\"On September 9th, 2014 the Commission issued its new report Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies that Work. \"The report reflects the evolution in the thinking of the Commissioners, who reiterate their demands for decriminalization, alternatives to incarceration, and greater emphasis on public health approaches and now also call for permitting the legal regulation of psychoactive substances. The Commission is the most distinguished group of high-level leaders to ever call for such far-reaching changes.\"".