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The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) is a panel of 22 world leaders and intellectuals which issued an assessment in 2011 of the global War on Drugs, opening its report with "The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world." The emphasis in drug policy on harsh law enforcement over four decades has not accomplished its goal of banishing drugs and has in fact spawned wide, dramatic eruptions of violence, the report continued. By way of alternative, the GCDP report "advocates decriminalizing drug use by those who do no harm to others."〔Tharoor, Ishaan, ("Report: The Global War on Drugs Has Failed. Is It Time to Legalize?" ), ''Time'', June 03, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-03.〕 The commission has been formed to "bring to the international level an informed, science-based discussion about humane and effective ways to reduce the harm caused by drugs to people and societies. (built ) on the successful experience of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy."〔("Commission" page ), GCDP webpage. Retrieved 2011-06-03.〕〔(Latin American Initiative on Drugs and Democracy membership ), LAIDD webpage. Retrieved 2011-06-03.〕 On September 9th, 2014 the Commission issued its new report〔http://www.gcdpsummary2014.com/#foreword-from-the-chair〕 ''Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies that Work''. "The report reflects the evolution in the thinking of the Commissioners, who reiterate their demands for decriminalization, alternatives to incarceration, and greater emphasis on public health approaches and now also call for permitting the legal regulation of psychoactive substances. The Commission is the most distinguished group of high-level leaders to ever call for such far-reaching changes."〔http://www.globalcommissionondrugs.org/new-report-world-leaders-call-for-ending-criminalization-of-drug-use-and-possession-and-responsible-legal-regulation-of-psychoactive-substances-2/〕 ==Membership== Membership of the GCDP Board is: *Aleksander Kwaśniewski (Poland), former President of Poland〔Aleksander Kwaśniewski ("Saying No to Costly Drug Laws" ) New York Times, May 10, 2012.〕 *Asma Jahangir (Pakistan), human rights activist, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Arbitrary, Extrajudicial and Summary Executions *Carlos Fuentes (Mexico), writer and public intellectual (died May 15, 2012) *César Gaviria (Colombia), former President of Colombia *Ernesto Zedillo (Mexico), former President of Mexico *Fernando Henrique Cardoso (Brazil), former President of Brazil (chair) *George Papandreou (Greece), former Prime Minister of Greece *George P. Shultz (United States), former Secretary of State (honorary chair) *Javier Solana (Spain), former European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy *John C. Whitehead (United States), banker and civil servant, chair of the World Trade Center Memorial *Jorge Sampaio (Portugal), former President of Portugal *Kofi Annan (Ghana), former Secretary-General of the United Nations *Louise Arbour (Canada), former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, president of the International Crisis Group *Maria Cattaui (Switzerland), member of the Board, Petroplus Holdings; former Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce *Marion Caspers-Merk (Germany), former State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Health (Germany) *Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru), writer and public intellectual, Nobel Prize laureate *Michel Kazatchkine (France), UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and former executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria *Paul Volcker (United States), former Chairman of the Federal Reserve and of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board *Pavel Bém (Czech Republic) former Mayor of Prague, member of the Parliament, Czech Republic *Ricardo Lagos (Chile) former President of Chile *Richard Branson (United Kingdom), entrepreneur, advocate for social causes, founder of the Virgin Group, co-founder of The Elders *Ruth Dreifuss (Switzerland), former President of Switzerland and Minister of Home Affairs *Thorvald Stoltenberg (Norway), former Minister of Foreign Affairs and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Global Commission on Drug Policy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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