The objective is to provide a more enlightened approach to dealing with possession of small quantities".
Those found in possession of small quantities of drugs will be invited for treatment, not prosecuted.
Marijuana is technically illegal in the Netherlands, but the sale of small quantities is tolerated.
Second, decriminalisation of the possession and use of small quantities of any drug is overdue in this country.
Marijuana is no more addictive than milk, and the consumption of small quantities is no more toxic than milk.
"The possession of small quantities of marijuana is either a crime, or it's not," Mr. Jeffries said.
The commission calls on the UN to back decriminalisation of minor, non-violent drug offences involving the use, possession and sale of small quantities.
Poachers are typically responsible for the illicit trade of small quantities, says Eric Sabot, from the National Office of Water and Aquatic Environments, the French river police.
The cross-border retail sales of prescription drugs rely on the Food and Drug Administration's discretion to allow imports of small quantities of medicines for personal use.
Others are arrested for possession of small quantities of drugs and later released, but with a permanent blot on their records anyway.
(Last year Mexico decriminalised possession of small quantities, a change designed mainly to limit the scope for police to demand bribes).
