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For Immediate Release:                          Contact: Tony Newman (646)335-5384

May 27, 2011

Former Presidents of Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Switzerland, Prime Minister of Greece, Kofi Annan, George Shultz and Paul Volcker Call for Paradigm Shift in Global Drug Policy

Commission of World Leaders Urges New Approaches to Failed Drug War, Move from Criminal Justice toward Public Health Approach

Live Press Conference and Teleconference on Thursday, June 2 in New York City

The Global Commission on Drug Policy will host a live press conference and teleconference on Thursday, June 2 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City to launch a new report that describes the drug war as a failure and calls for a paradigm shift in global drug policy.
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GENEVA – Brazilian former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s initiative to reform drug policies will become a worldwide action. Fernando Henrique co-chaired the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy for the last two years, which prepared a series of suggestions on how do deal with the issue. Among the propositions is the evaluation wether marijuana posession for personal use can be decriminalized. Now, the Latin American Commission will become an international initiative

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