Narcotics Control Board calls for decriminalisation of narcotic drug use
The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Mr Michael Addo, has called for the decriminalisation of narcotic drug use.
The six-day programme brought together lawyers, prosecutors, officials from drug enforcement agencies, psychologists, students and civil society organisations from Anglophone West African countries, including The Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Nigeria … Issues to be discussed at the workshop include international/regional approaches to drug control, a review of the impact of drug use on the psychological state of users, gender dimension of drug law, human rights and drug policy formulation, national drug policies in West Africa, implementation of liberal drug policies and other drug and human rights-related topics.
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Narcotics Control Board calls for decriminalisation of narcotic drug use
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