Drug Control Policies

In the United States, there is a remarkable diversity of policies at state and local levels. Currently, 13 states have decriminalized use or possession of cannabis, and 16 states have recognized medical use of cannabis, with some states opting for both policies. Due to legislative and voter initiatives, the overview of state and local control policies is constantly changing, generally toward more lenient control regimes. A major gap is emerging, where in many countries strict drug control legislation has impeded access to and availability of essential medicines such as morphine, methadone or ephedrine, in other countries pharmaceutical painkillers are generating the most problematic patterns of nonmedical drug use, replacing heroin. And recently, a new

Since the 70’s, that time the country has spent billions of dollars trying drug users in a court of law and pursuing drug traffickers at all open borders and within the states themselves. United Kingdom maintains their own drug laws and they don’t things any differently than they did in 70’s, Misuse of Drugs Act of 1971 broke down all drug-related offenses into three categories: Class A, Class B and Class C with A being the most dangerous drugs and C being the least dangerous drugs. While certain possession laws are more liberal in Great Britain than in the United States, possession with an intent to sell carries with it the potential of life imprisonment. Switzerland is home to some of the most liberal policies in the world in terms of drug-related offenses. The emphasis of the Swiss government is on prevention, therapy, harm reduction and prohibition putting a special emphasis on helping drug addicts receive comprehensive treatment, and doing everything in its power to insure the safety of active