Thread by @IDPCnet

'The war on drugs and the denial of indigenous rights' is starting now!

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"UN drug treaties forced countries to criminalise the plants that had been at the cornerstone of local communities"

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'The criminalisation of indigenous communities continues unabashed today.

Just as the UN adopted the declaration on indigenous rights, the UN drugs regime encouraged countries to criminalise their practices'.

@MarieNougier, IDPC

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@MarieNougier @LaramaDavid, Vice-President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia:

"The #coca leaf is the basis of our knowledge and culture. It is at the roots of our welfare. Its prohibition by the drug conventions is based on colonialism."

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@MarieNougier @LaramaDavid @LaramaDavid, Vice-President of Bolivia.

'The fight against drug trafficking is a tool for political control that justifies interventions in other states.

It's rooted in neocolonialism. it must be reformed'

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@LaramaDavid, Vice-President of Bolivia.

"Indigenous peoples were not involved in the negotiation of drug conventions. That's why Bolivia has excluded the prohibition of the #coca leaf".

Countries like CA, USA, DE, FR, must stop objecting to this."

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@LaramaDavid @CondoFcr, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues:

"The right to self-determination of indigenous peoples allows us to retain the traditional uses of our plants.

There is no such thing as an evil plant in nature"

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@LaramaDavid @CondoFcr @CondoFcr, Member of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues:

"The colonial powers wanted to build christian churches on top of indigenous temples.

Eradicating a plant is the same: damaging the spirtual life of indigenous peoples."

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@LaramaDavid @CondoFcr "The 1st example of prohibition is the prohibiton of peyote in Mexico, in 1620. Because it was an obstacle to spiritual colonisation.

400 years later, prohibiton continues"

@nataliarebollo, from @NGO_ICEERS_ESP & @DefendAyahuasca

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@LaramaDavid @CondoFcr @nataliarebollo @NGO_ICEERS_ESP @DefendAyahuasca "Just as science starts to explore the benefits of traditional plants like ayahuasca, peyote, coca leaf, pharmaceutical companies are trying to patent and own them"

@nataliarebollo, from @NGO_ICEERS_ESP & @DefendAyahuasca

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@LaramaDavid @CondoFcr @nataliarebollo @NGO_ICEERS_ESP @DefendAyahuasca "In order to decolonialise drug policies we need to go beyond plants themselves.

We need to defend the traditional lands, environment, and culture of indigenous peoples."

@nataliarebollo, from @NGO_ICEERS_ESP & @DefendAyahuasca

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@LaramaDavid @CondoFcr @nataliarebollo @NGO_ICEERS_ESP @DefendAyahuasca Tuari Potiki (@taoka), University of Otago Aotearoa/NZ:

"Maori comprise 16% of NZ population, but they are:

- 57% of peole in prison.
- 80% of children taken into care.

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@LaramaDavid @CondoFcr @nataliarebollo @NGO_ICEERS_ESP @DefendAyahuasca @Taoka Tuari Potiki (@taoka):

"Maori people support drug reform, because we know the harm that drug laws have caused to maori people.

In spite of our right to self-determination, we're still subject to the results of 2020 NZ referendum."

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@LaramaDavid @CondoFcr @nataliarebollo @NGO_ICEERS_ESP @DefendAyahuasca @Taoka @nataliarebollo:

"In several countries we have used courts to prioritise the UN declaration on indigenous rights over the drug control regime.

We win by combining legal arguments with science that proves substances are beneficial."

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@LaramaDavid @CondoFcr @nataliarebollo @NGO_ICEERS_ESP @DefendAyahuasca @Taoka @r_calzadilla, Ambassador of Bolivia:

"While the UN doesn't move, we need to seek agreements and alliances between like-minded countries, like such as Boliva, Argentina or Peru".

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@LaramaDavid @CondoFcr @nataliarebollo @NGO_ICEERS_ESP @DefendAyahuasca @Taoka @r_calzadilla @CondoFcr, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues:

"The Forum needs to challenge the UN system on its contradictions.

We need to make sure indigenous rights are preserved, and indigenous peoples are consulted on drug policies."

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@LaramaDavid @CondoFcr @nataliarebollo @NGO_ICEERS_ESP @DefendAyahuasca @Taoka @r_calzadilla Tuari Potiki (@taoka):

"As indigenous peoples we need to get together, take a collective view, and act united. That's why we created the International Indigenous Drug Policy Network."

For more info: facebook.com/indigenousdrug…

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@LaramaDavid @CondoFcr @nataliarebollo @NGO_ICEERS_ESP @DefendAyahuasca @Taoka @r_calzadilla @nataliarebollo:

"The right to use a traditional plant travels with the person when they migrate. The essence of the human rights cannot be lost when we move.

However, governments challenge this constantly."

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