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Between Reality and Abstraction [01-01-13] At the International Conference on Alter­native Development (ICAD), held 15-16 November 2012 in Lima, the Peruvian Government continued to insist on t...
An opportunity lost [19-11-12] At the International Conference on Alternative Development (ICAD), held in Lima from 14 to 16 November, the Peruvian Government supported by the UNODC...
UN International Guiding Principles on Alternative Development [09-11-12] In November 2011 I was invited by the Thai government to take part in an international delegation to develop a set of UN International Guiding Princip...
Peru’s Ex-Drug Czar on Where the Government is Going Wrong [17-07-12] Peru is fighting on two fronts against an expanding cocaine trade and resurgent Shining Path guerrillas. The country's former top anti-drug offic...
Sex and drugs and private cells [28-03-12] A deadly riot in Mexico and an inferno in Honduras have turned the searchlight on conditions in Latin America's overcrowded and anarchic prison...
Peru’s New Drug Chief: Country “Let Down Its Guard” in Eradication [18-01-12] The outspoken Ricardo Soberon was head of Devidafor about five months and was in favor of a stronger intervention in drug policies by his institutio...
Back to Business as Usual as Peru Loses Progressive Drug Czar [15-01-12] Despite promising signs that Peru’s new president was ready to take a fresh approach to drug policy, focused on attacking traffickers and not coca f...
Peru replaces drug czar who de-emphasized coca plant eradication, saying it hurt poor growers [11-01-12] Peru’s government on Tuesday replaced its drug czar, whose refusal to endorse an all-out coca crop eradication effort put him at odds with the Cabin...
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,...
Peru's new anti-drug czar in delicate dance with U.S. [18-10-11] Peru's leftist government has scored some early victories in its bid to overhaul anti-drugs policy in the world's top coca grower while ke...
Cocaine's becoming king in Peru [24-09-11] For years, Peru had a simple policy to fight cocaine: destroy the coca plants that were the key ingredient in the drug. It did not go so well. That ha...
Law on Coca Flour [24-03-09] In Peru, the commercialization of coca leaf powder or coca flour has seen a huge increase in popularity in the market for healthy food, with a fairly ...
Global Illicit Drug Markets 1998-2007 [15-03-09] This report commissioned by the European Commission, found no evidence that the global drug problem has been reduced during the period from 1998 to 20...
INCB: controversial statements on coca leaf [05-03-08] Read here the full text of the controversial statements on coca leaf included in this year's Annual Report of the INCB. Some highlights: "...
Response to INCB's Annual Report 2007 [02-03-08] The 2007 INCB Annual Report shows some signs of a more balanced approach by the INCB to the policy dilemmas around proportionality of sentences and ha...
Broken promises and coca eradication in Peru [01-03-05] The forced crop eradication policy implemented by the Peruvian government over the past 25 years has failed. The official strategy has exacerbated soc...
Coca or death? [01-04-04] Following Bolivia's 2002 parliamentary elections, the success of the political party headed by cocalero leader Evo Morales, rekindled debate rega...
Coca or death? [01-04-04] Following Bolivia's 2002 parliamentary elections, the success of the political party headed by cocalero leader Evo Morales, rekindled debate rega...
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