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Wednesday, 2 March 2016

Bye bye dreams ...

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Bye bye dreams

 
 

Mohammed Lamin, a 26-year-old Gambian, spoke to IRIN last year from a rescue vessel in the Mediterranean about his hopes that Europe would change his fortunes for the better. We met up with him seven months later in northern Italy to find out what actually happened.



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Outflanking the war on drugs?

 
 

It's widely acknowledged that the "war on drugs" has failed. A militarised approach based on prohibition and incarceration has stoked staggering levels of violence and misery, cost billions of dollars, and failed to reduce either supply or demand.

 

In April, the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) will adopt a consensus position on drug control, but few are expecting a shake-up to the current, conservative, global framework.

 

That's why some reformers are turning to the Sustainable Development Goals as a blueprint for the future.

 



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