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Caspers-Merk on Drug Policy
1955 births Living people Politicians from Mannheim Free University of Berlin alumni University of Freiburg alumni Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Female members of the Bundestag 21st-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002 Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany 20th-century German women politicians Drug policy reform activists {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub
Marion Caspers-Merk (born 24 April 1955 in Mannheim
Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 2 ...
) is a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
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(SPD). She was a member of the Bundestag
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, representing Lörrach – Müllheim
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, and Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Health. Alongside other prominent figures such as Kofi Annan and Javier Solana, Caspers-Merk served on the Global Commission on Drug Policy
The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) is a panel of world leaders and intellectuals, with a Secretariat based in Geneva, Switzerland.
In June 2011, the commission said: "The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for i ...
which advocates reforms in drug policies towards the regulation of all substances.References
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*Caspers-Merk on Drug Policy
1955 births Living people Politicians from Mannheim Free University of Berlin alumni University of Freiburg alumni Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Female members of the Bundestag 21st-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002 Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany 20th-century German women politicians Drug policy reform activists {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub