Canada Signs On to U.S.-Led Renewal of War on Drugs

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From the 1960s to the 1980s, many countries in the world including the United States and Canada signed three major international drug policy agreements. 1961 the single treaty on narcotic treatment, the treaty on psychotropic medicine in 1971, and the United Nations in 1988. Convention on illicit transactions in narcotics and psychotropic substances These Conventions are intended to limit the possession, use, exchange and distribution of drugs other than for medical and scientific purposes, or to jointly conduct international drug trafficking activities We are requesting participants to stop.

After the cards pushed the other 100 countries to sign a plan to update the drug war, the International Drug Policy Federation announced the harsh declaration of failure. Based on the review of UN-led drug eradication activities in the past decade prior to the Global Drug Policy Summit, the analysis of the Civil Society Union has largely failed to exacerbate the use of drugs and its associated social harm. We condemned the strategy. . Despite the large-scale militarization efforts around the world, the illegal drug market has grown rapidly, the harvest of opium and coca has increased rapidly, with world production of 130% and 34%, respectively, Increased has. Regarding the "decrease in demand", drug consumption of adults has increased by 30% or more since 2011, and an estimated 175 million people aged 15 to 64 years use drugs at a specific time. Cannabis is ranked first, followed by opioids and methamphetamine. Between 2011 and 2015, worldwide drug deaths have increased by 145%, and approximately 450,000 people worldwide died

Since the advent of civilization, cultivation, use and trading of psychoactive drugs and other medicines have been conducted. In the 20th century, the US government caused a new drug ban called "drug war". Just in the 20th century, marijuana was banned in the United Kingdom and the United States. In the 19th century Britain waged a war with China and called the first and second opium wars and kept their precious drug dealings. The motives claimed by advocates of various anti-drug drug laws of various societies and ages include compliance with religion, allegations of racial minority violence, public health problems and so on. Those who do not support the anti-drug drug law describe these motives as religious intolerance, racial discrimination and public handling.