Austria: Russell Brand says world should end drug prohibition

British actor and comedian Russell Brand called for the legalisation of all drugs globally at the 2014 Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs at the United Nations office in Vienna on Wednesday. Commenting on the criminalisation of drugs and its consequences around the world, he said that it should not be viewed as a moral issue, but a health issue. He further said that prohibition “has done nothing but bring death, suffering, crime, create a negative economy.“ The 2014 Session of the Com