联合国星期二举行特别会议，讨论在全球范围内打击毒品的政策。这是联合国过去将近20年来就这一话题而召开的首次会议。
来自世界各国的领导人就目前国际上日趋包容的毒品法规展开讨论。各国一致同意，毒品问题不容忽视，但就如何应对这一挑战，则存在严重分歧。
拉丁美洲一些国家的代表说，针对毒品的“严打”机制，并没有奏效，并在全球范围内造成数以千计的人死亡。这些代表呼吁联合国接受让一些 “软性” 毒品合法化的趋势。与此同时，包括俄罗斯在内的一些国家的代表对美国让大麻某些使用合法化的方案，表示担忧。
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.