Legalization: UN expert calls for a fundamental shift in global drug control policy

This pits the human rights arm of the U.N. against its drug control arm. It is another critical battle. (See our page, The Influence of the U.S. on U.N. Drug Policy.)

UN expert calls for a fundamental shift in global drug control policy: "At a press conference in New York on Tuesday 26 October, at the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly, one of the UN’s key human rights experts will call for a fundamental rethink of international drug policy." Oct. 22, 2010, Transform Drug Policy Foundation