Pubdate: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2009 Reuters Contact: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/letters.html Website: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476 Referenced: European Commission report: The World Drugs Problem, Ten Years On http://drugsense.org/url/yEsNto0k UN'S WAR ON DRUGS A DISMAL FAILURE VIENNA -- A United Nations campaign to cut supply and demand for illegal drugs has shown no progress globally in the decade since it was launched, a European Commission report said yesterday. The report came on the eve of a ministerial-level meeting by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs here to review the war on drugs. The members are expected to sign a declaration committing themselves to the program for another 10 years. The report said enforcing drug bans had backfired by displacing drug traffickers to relatively lawless regions. The report was based on research in 18 states -- Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the U.S. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake