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Essay / Wake Up NGO - 1687
WAKE UP NGO «Wake up NGO is an international non-profit organization that advocates and works for the introduction of major reforms in the public health sectors. This organization aims to sound the alarm to political decision-makers so that they can “wake up!” » to bring new reforms to the necessary sectors of society. » INTRODUCTION The global war on drugs has failed. The global supply of illicit drugs such as heroin has increased by more than 380 percent in recent decades (UNODC). Despite the multiple increase in anti-drug budgets, the global scale of the drug market has grown dramatically. Consumption of opiates (drugs) increased to 17.35 million in 2008 compared to 12.9 million in 1998 (UNODC). In addition to opiates, cannabis use also jumped to 160 million in 2008 from 147.4 million in 1998 (UNODC). ). The arrest of some of the millions of drug users in recent decades has destroyed many lives without reducing the power of criminal organizations. The 50-year-old global drug control system has completely collapsed, ruining all sectors of the economy. The need for further reforms can be felt through this statement: “The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world, fifty years after the launch of the Single Convention on Drugs. United Nations on Narcotics. Fundamental reforms to national and global drug control policies are urgently needed. » - The Global Commission on Drug Policy. With the aim of achieving a "drug-free world", I propose a new "super 'R' policy" which consists of three achievable reforms fueled by ideology to provide a backbone to...... middle of document ...... Retrieved from: http://www.globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/themes/gcdp_v1/pdf/Global_Commission_Report_English.pdf6. The Economics of Drug Legalization, Jeffrey Miron Department of Economics, Harvard University. Retrieved from: http://www.national-economists.org/gov/miron12.pdf7. Supply-side pharmaceutical policy: will it ever work? Retrieved from: http://faculty.winthrop.edu/stonebrakerr/book/supplysiderugs.htm8. Reduction in supply. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_reduction9. Breaking with the Past – A 21st Century Drug Policy That Works http://www.globalcommissionondrugs.org/breaking-with-the-past-a-21st-century-drug-policy-that-works/10. Statement on Guiding Principles for Demand Reduction. Retrieved from: http://www.un.org/ga/20special/demand.htm11. Opioid replacement therapy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_replacement_therapy