- Date
- June 26, 2010
For World Drugs Day June 26, 2009, the Open Society Institute joined with over 40 international groups and experts worldwide to issue a call to action that presses governments to adopt a humane approach to drug policy. In 2010 the call has received further endorsements, and has been recirculated in a wide range.
The call to action, signed by the Open Society Institute, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and former president of Brazil Fernando Cardoso, urges governments to enact policies that are based on scientific and medical research rather than politics. Instead of continuing with these ineffective and harmful policies, the Open Society Institute urges governments to focus on reducing the harms of drug trade and use.
The call to action, along with a full list of signatories, is available in eight languages.
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- Call to Action (Chinese) (395.83 Kb pdf file)
- Call to Action (English) (167.45 Kb pdf file)
- Call to Action (French) (142.41 Kb pdf file)
- Call to Action (Hungarian) (123.43 Kb pdf file)
- Call to Action (Polish) (155.51 Kb pdf file)
- Call to Action (Portuguese) (118.81 Kb pdf file)
- Call to Action (Russian) (158.16 Kb pdf file)
- Call to Action (Spanish) (148.05 Kb pdf file)
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