What is decriminalisation of drugs?
Channel: EU Drugs Agency (EMCDDA)
Date: 2015-06-04

Depenalisation, decriminalisation and legalisation. There is no universal agreement on these terms, but it is helpful to explore the different ideas that lie behind them if we are to understand better what they mean when they are used in the debate on different approaches to controlling the supply and use of drugs.  

Read more: 
Models for the legal supply of cannabis: recent developments:
http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/topics/pods/legal-supply-of-cannabis
European Legal Database on Drugs: http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/eldd