Drug Watch International
INTERNATIONAL ARTICLES

  • Cousteau on Illicit Drugs
    The world's most renowned environmentalist, Jacques Yves Cousteau, was also very aware of, and opposed to, the internal environmental damage that psychoactive and addictive drugs impose on human beings.  Thus, he wrote the following compelling prefaces/forewards to three of the many books by Gabriel Nahas, M.D., Ph.D., DSc., recognized internationally for his research on psychoactive and addictive substances.
  • Drugs are Illegal Because Drugs are Dangerous — 2001
    By:  Canadian Chiefs of Police Association Executive Summary
    Drugs are not dangerous because they are illegal; drugs are illegal because drugs are dangerous.  There is no such thing as "soft drugs" and "hard drugs," nor bona fide criteria to differentiate between these terms.   People who refer to hard or soft drugs generally do not understand the truth about drugs, or are seeking to soften attitudes towards the use of certain illicit drugs.
  • Should we fall again into the same old trap? (marijuana legalization) — August 1, 2001
    By:  Mina Seinfeld de Carakushansky, Special Secretary for the Prevention of Chemical Dependence
    City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    On July 28, OGLOBO, the largest newspaper in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, published the article “O confuso planeta da marijuana”  (The Confused Planet Marijuana), by Zuenir Ventura, a well-known and opinion shaping journalist.  The article claims that “marijuana is inoffensive to health,” and that “everybody will, sooner or later, have to admit it’s use.”
    Ms. de Carakushansky's essay critiques and refutes Ventura's news article.
  • Should we legalize robbery? — January, 2002
    By:  Mina Seinfeld de Carakushansky, Director of the International Delegates
    Drug Watch International
    Published in O Globo newspaper, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Untruths, when repeated many times, end up acquiring airs of truth. Some articles, written by people who are in favor of drug legalization, make reliable statements next to statements that are not.  But the untruths are so extensively repeated that they end up being accepted as true, even by well-meaning people.
  • Why Cannabis Must Remain Illegal — December 17, 2001
    By:  Grainne Kenny, International President, Europe Against Drugs
    There has been mounting pressure in recent times to “re classify,” decriminalise, or legalise cannabis.... The UK Government is presently capitulating to this pressure under Mr. Blair's leadership.  It seems there is no energy for this debate coming from the Conservative Party.

 

 

Return to Drug Watch International Homepage

This page was last updated on February 03, 2002
Copyright © 2001-2002 Drug Watch International. All rights reserved. Disclaimer
Please address all comments and questions to:  Drug Watch International, P.O. Box 45218, Omaha, NE  68145-0218, USA