Saying No to Costly Drug Laws By ALEKSANDER KWAŚNIEWSKI May 10, 2012 WARSAW — In the year 2000, as the president of Poland, I signed one of Europe’s most conservative laws on drug possession. Any amount of illicit substances a person possessed meant they were eligible for up to three years in prison. Our hope … Read more »

The Flower is one of our favourite animations on the subject of cannabis! Without words, it neatly and accurately summarises the many negative effects of cannabis prohibition on society and contrasts that dark world with a happier, more functional society where ‘the Flower’ is appreciated and utilised.    The creators of The Flower have this to … Read more »

On December 9, 2011 the Polish parliament voted to amend its law against drug addiction (ustawy o przeciwdziałaniu narkomanii) to give the prosecutors the option not to prosecute for possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use . This amendment was passed only a month after two Polish Nobel Prize winners –  former President … Read more »

On October 13th 2011, the UK Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) recommended decriminalization of drugs (including all illicit drugs) to reduce legal costs and enter the offenders into a program of prevention and education instead of court proceedings and prison. The role of the ACMD is to advise the government on its … Read more »