聯合國討論全球打擊毒品戰

A United Nations special session met Tuesday to discuss global drug policy — the first U.N. meeting on the subject in nearly 20 years.

Global leaders debated an international trend toward more liberal drug laws, with countries across the board agreeing that the drug problem needs to be addressed, but deeply divided on how to do that.

A number of Latin American countries said an aggressive war on drugs has failed, leading to thousands of lives being destroyed worldwide. These leaders urged the U.N. to accept the trend to legalize soft drugs, while other member states such as Russia remained wary of the United States' push to regulate access to marijuana.聯合國星期二舉行特別會議，討論在全球範圍內打擊毒品的政策。這是聯合國過去將近20年來就這一話題而召開的首次會議。

來自世界各國的領導人就目前國際上日趨包容的毒品法規展開討論。各國一致同意，毒品問題不容忽視，但就如何應對這一挑戰，則存在嚴重分歧。

拉丁美洲一些國家的代表說，針對毒品的“嚴打”機制，並沒有奏效，並在全球範圍內造成數以千計的人死亡。這些代表呼籲聯合國接受讓一些 “軟性” 毒品合法化的趨勢。與此同時，包括俄羅斯在內的一些國家的代表對美國讓大麻某些使用合法化的方案，表示擔憂。