barbadoslegalizationofdrugs

**Topic:** Legalization of Drugs **Country:** Barbados **BACKGROUND:** The War on Drugs, the most powerful anti-drug enforcement effort in the U.S., claim drug issues are at their worst. Reformers are debating whether they should continue their ongoing efforts of the war on drugs or legalize the regulation of drugs. Previous events such increasing enforcement and drug-related crimes have only cause the price of illegal drugs to escalate. This increase in profit only caused suppliers to become more interested in the drug market. As the increase of drug dealers took place ,so did the enforcement. Increase enforcement had little effect on the regulation of controlled substances. Many argue that "harmless" drugs should be legalized such as marijuana and psychedelics. **U.N. INVOLVEMENT:** The United Nations has created the UNODCCP, the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, and the UNODC, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. In Latin America, Southwest Asia, and Southeast Asia there are projects ran by the UNODC. In 1914, the U.S. passed the Harrison act, which was enforced to displace all the addicts of their habits. By the mid-1950s, the number of addicts decreased due to the absence of their drugs. However, in the early 1970s, the crisis became apparent once more. By 1999, a medical examiner reported 729 deaths involving drug abuse. **COUNTRY POLICY/INVOVLEMENT:** Barbados has functioned as a meeting place for many of the Caribbean nations, as well as Southern America and the United States. In May 1997 the U.S. President, Bill Clinton, implemented commitments to reformation during the Caribbean Summit, where they discussed the “ increase the capability of Caribbean nations to intercept, apprehend, and prosecute drug traffickers through modest expansion of training, equipment upgrades and maintenance support, and institutionalize the Americas Counter Smuggling Initiative (ACSI) to provide at-risk commercial carriers, industry, and government offices with training to prevent goods and conveyances from being used to smuggle illegal drugs.” **SOLUTIONS** Barbados believes in the legalization of drugs simply because it would lower the prices of drugs and seem less attractive to drug dealers. This also means that lower prices would allow drug users to obtain their needs without breaking the law. The decrease in profit for this market would also reduce the amount of corruption in government officials because of less crime, and cheaper pricing on regulated and legalized drugs. To regulate and have control over what is being used, we propose a group called Organization of Legalized Drugs, O.L.D.. It will provide the needed regulation that can improve the world. Useful debate can be taken into place, if delegates can take into mind the differences of prohibition and legalization. What prohibition is, is a simple piece of legislation that enforces its policies with guns, officers, and prisons. The term “Just Say No” does not have to wear away because there is an end to drug prohibition. **SOURCES:** http://www.politicalbase.com/issues/legalization-of-drugs/37/ http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=801 http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/alternative-development/index.html http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=981
 * Committee:** Narcotics

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