Reaching more than 22,392 signatures on the website of Austria’s parliament by Sunday noon makes it the third most important political issue in which Austrians take an active interest.
The world's largest libertarian student organisation, Students for Liberty, has kicked off a month-long online campaign to end the war on drugs, adding its voice to the ever growing chorus of drug policy reform advocates.
Prison overcrowding is widespread in Latin America, but Costa Rica has slowly started to implement politically sensitive, but needed, reforms. This includes vocational training programmes and resisting tougher drug-sentencing laws.
The proposals set forth during the meeting recommended an overhaul of the legal systems in Latin America, to reduce incarceration and establish sentences proportionate to minor crimes.
The local mayor has been trying to convince local residents that the solution is to close down needle exchange programs, and rely on law enforcement to eliminate drug use - the campaign states that the real solution is harm reduction.
All 43 police forces in England and Wales have agreed to adopt a new government code of conduct on the use of their powers to stop and search members of the public.
Colombia’s National Dialogue for the Future of Drug Policy convened for the first time to begin a discussion about drug policy reform with members of the public.