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Colombia’s capital banks on marijuana cure for hard drug addicts [07-05-13] Marijuana has long been accused of being a gateway to deadlier vices. But could cannabis be a swinging door that might also lead people away from hard...
Cannabis to substitute crack [22-04-13] The mayor of Bogota has recently proposed a pilot scheme with crack cocaine addicts to explore the substitution of crack made of cocaine base paste (o...
Marijuana to fight drug addiction [02-04-13] BBC Mundo reports that Bogotá is planning a system of "controlled consumption centers," where addicts could be weaned off more hard-core dru...
HSBC gives Argentina prosecutors chance to correct US blunder [01-04-13] The accusations from Argentina's tax authority that London-based HSBC laundered over $100 million may pale in comparison to that of the bank'...
US drugs prosecutors switch sides to defend accused Colombian traffickers [27-02-13] US prosecutors and other senior officials who spearheaded the war against drug cartels have quit their jobs to defend Colombian cocaine traffickers, s...
FARC proposes drug legalization at peace talks [06-02-13] At peace talks in Cuba, Colombian guerrilla group the FARC outlined a proposal to legalize drug consumption and cultivation, complementing reforms tha...
The illicit drugs market in the Colombian agrarian context [01-02-13] The distribution of land and its unjust use are the major causes of violence in Colombia. For this reason land issues are the starting point of curren...
New drug bill 'to decriminalise ecstasy' in Colombia [30-01-13] Colombia's Justice Minister, Ruth Stella Correa, has said a new drugs bill would decriminalise personal use of synthetic drugs, such as ecstasy. ...
Narco-states grope for new strategy [05-11-12] Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala face the need to modify their approach to the fight against drug trafficking and are urging the world to do the same. B...
Bogotá’s medical care centres for drug addicts (CAMAD) [01-11-12] In September 2012, the mayor of Bogotá, Gustavo Petro, launched the first centre for drug addicts in the Bronx, a marginalised city-centre neighbourho...
Governing The Global Drug Wars [23-10-12] Since 1909 the international community has worked to eradicate the abuse of narcotics. A century on, the efforts are widely acknowledged to have fa...
Latin American nations push UN to drop zero tolerance on drugs [04-10-12] Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico – hardly liberal bastions – have taken the matter a step further. The Latin American countries, each threatened by dru...
Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico Urge UN to Review Global Drug Policy [04-10-12] Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala delivered a landmark declaration to the United Nations Secretary General calling on the organization to lead a debate o...
U.S.-led "war on drugs" questioned at U.N. [26-09-12] The presidents of Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala all called for a vigorous global debate of drug laws at the United Nations on Wednesday, raising new ...
Colombian prosecutor calls for drug legalisation referendum [20-08-12] Colombia's chief public prosecutor has called for a referendum on whether to legalise drug consumption, in response to plans to set up a network ...
Colombia Decriminalizes Cocaine and Marijuana [02-07-12] Colombia's Constitutional Court approved the government's proposal to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cocaine and marijuana...
A breakthrough in the making? [25-06-12] Remarkable drug policy developments are taking place in Latin America. This is not only at the level of political debate, but is also reflected in ac...
Western banks 'reaping billions from Colombian cocaine trade' [02-06-12] While cocaine production ravages countries in Central America, consumers in the US and Europe are helping developed economies grow rich from the pro...
Drug Policy in the Andes [15-12-11] Fifty years after signing the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and 40 years after the U.S. government declared a "war on drugs,...
Juan Manuel Santos: 'It is time to think again about the war on drugs' [13-11-11] Santos spelled out the radical ideas which he hopes will create a fresh approach. He said: "A new approach should try and take away the violent ...
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