Nouvelle Zelande

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Une breve en anglais indique que Les Verts neo Zelandais sont en passe d'obtenir que le
Parlement vote un projet de loi reformant la politique en matiere de
drogues... dans un contrat de legislature avec leurs partenaires
socialistes, juste apres les elections.

La logique du projet est d'en finir avec les multiples lois et reglements
en matiere de politique de drogues, par une reglementation produit par
produit selon des modalites differenciees (contravention, controle,
traitements et prevention) en fonction des dangers qu'elles causent et de
leur mode de consommation.



http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,304 ... 60,00.html

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Greens will push for drug law reform in coalition talks
29 September 2004
By IAN LLEWELLYN
The Greens believe Labour is likely to support an overhaul of drug laws
including legalising the possession of cannabis if they get the chance of
coalition talks together after the next election.
Greens drug policy spokesman Nandor Tanczos wants a new Controlled Drugs Act
to replace existing legislation.
"At present we have the Sale of Liquor Act, Smokefree Environments Act, the
Misuse of Drugs Act, and others. It's a hell of a mess," Mr Tanczos said.
The new framework would classify drugs and lay down a series of criminal
sanctions, controls, treatments and education depending on based on the
harm they did and how they were being abused.
The Greens hope that Parliament would accept the views of an expert panel and
this would take the political emotion out of debate on the issue.
The policy of allowing those over 18 to possess cannabis and grow small
amounts for personal use, while banning its sale remained unchanged.
Green co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said the drugs policy would be "on the
table" in any coalition talks alongside every other Green policy.
"We haven't done any priority ranking of them yet. . . it's a little bit soon
to do that. But we will be looking to get agreement on all policies where we
can agree," Ms Fitzsimons said.
"I think it is actually quite likely that Labour would find an evidence-based
consistent approach to the whole mess of law, quite an attractive way to go."
Mr Tanczos said most harm was done by legal drugs such as alcohol and new
legislation should focus on addressing harm and not get "sidetracked" by
whether
the drug being abused was legal or not.
"We need to get our priorities straight. All drugs can cause harm;
inconsistent legislation can only cause more harm," Mr Tanczos said. "We need
legislation which is consistent, integrated and evidence based."
Mr Tanzcos said breaking up the black market in cannabis would free up
resources to tackle drug dealers and make it easier to control children's use.
"I would trust parents to be much more responsible about young people's
cannabis use than gang members," he said.
The Greens also denied it would make cannabis more accessible to children and
send a message that it was okay to try it out as parents could control the
situation.
"The whisky bottle in the cupboard is no different from the dope plant in the
back yard in terms of children. It is illegal in both cases for the children
to use it and the parental control that is needed is the same," Ms Fitzsimons
said.
The general policy would bring consistency to the way those abusing and
misusing drugs of any kind were treated depending on what they were doing.
It would also allow for warning labels to placed on alcohol, legal highs and
highly caffeinated drugs.
Ms Fitzsimons said the Greens were not advocating of a softening of sentences
for serious criminal offences concerning drugs.
"Where you are clearly putting people's lives at risk, like at the high end
of the cases, the penalties have got be consistent with other criminal
activities that put lives at risk."
Mr Tanczos is a self-confessed cannabis smoker who came into Parliament in
1999 campaigning for the decriminalisation of cannabis.