{"id":93818,"date":"2017-03-13T23:14:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T03:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=93818"},"modified":"2017-03-13T23:14:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T03:14:36","slug":"fight-against-illicit-drugs-must-involve-farmers-un-agency-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/13\/fight-against-illicit-drugs-must-involve-farmers-un-agency-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight against illicit drugs must involve farmers: UN agency chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_93822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93822\" style=\"width: 714px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-62.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93822\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-62.png\" alt=\"Yury Fedotov, executive director of UNODC, told the 60th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs: &quot;Alternative development is aimed at not only reducing the cultivation of coca, opium poppy and cannabis, but also improving the socio-economic conditions of marginalized farming communities.&quot; (Photo: BOMBMAN\/ Flickr)\" width=\"714\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-62.png 714w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Capture-62-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yury Fedotov, executive director of UNODC, told the 60th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs: &#8220;Alternative development is aimed at not only reducing the cultivation of coca, opium poppy and cannabis, but also improving the socio-economic conditions of marginalized farming communities.&#8221; (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ajay_g\">BOMBMAN\/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>VIENNA\u2013The chief of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Monday said the war against illicit drugs must center on alternative development, a long-term strategy where farmers are encouraged to switch away from growing drugs-related crops.<\/p>\n<p>Yury Fedotov, executive director of UNODC, told the 60th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs: &#8220;Alternative development is aimed at not only reducing the cultivation of coca, opium poppy and cannabis, but also improving the socio-economic conditions of marginalized farming communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Xinhua, Fedotov said some farming communities keep producing illicit drugs due to poverty.<\/p>\n<p>UNODC is cooperating with members to bring drug lords to justice, promote the justice and health sectors, and is supporting alternatives to conviction or punishment for minor offences, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Fedotov said his team is working closely with the World Health Organization (WHO) on a number of activities, including best practices to treat drug use disorders as an alternative to criminal justice sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>He noted UNODC would continue to help strengthen access to controlled drugs for medical purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIENNA\u2013The chief of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Monday said the war against illicit drugs must &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":93822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[6064,4395,1746],"class_list":["post-93818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","tag-farmers","tag-illegal-drugs","tag-united-nations","mauthors-xinhua-via-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}