In the current economic crisis affecting European citizens and governments, it is now essential to consider the financial impact of an end to drug prohibition.

In January 2011 the government of your country presented an objection to the Bolivian request to the UN therewith supporting the maintenance of the ban on traditional coca leaf consumption in Bolivia.

This ban must be considered a regrettable act of racism, since it criminalises and stigmatises an age old cultural practice without any negative effects.

My question is, at a time where drug prohibition has strengthened criminal cartels to such a degree that they threaten to occupy parts of states such as Mexico and Guatemala - will Germany object at the United Nations, and therewith support the efforts of the USA to impose their will on indigenous people in Bolivia?

Prohibiting traditional coca leaf consumption is a racist act.

Therefore the European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies will initiate the legal procedure to lodge a complaint for racism against any EU government that will tomorrow decide to object against the request of the Bolivian government to modify the Single Convention in this sense.

Of course we need to help our politicians, governments, civil servants, the "managers of our common affairs" to find solutions how to continue after the dissolution of the Conventions. It is our crucial responsibility. But it is also important to make it clear that we are not indifferent, that we constantly monitor things, understand the issues. It is their responsibility to find the courage to accept a rational concept that is beneficial for all citizens! Not to create conditions for the drug mafia and the profits of pharmaceutical companies while persecuting citizens, as before!