Issues

Towards a new drug policy

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:51:31 +0000

What are the benefits and risks of eliminating criminal penalties for marijuana possession for personal use? What are the risks and benefits of distinguishing international narco-trafficking from sma ...

IDPC Drug Policy Guide

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This is the second edition of the IDPC Drug Policy Guide aimed at national government policy makers. This publication is a collaborative effort by a number of members of the International Drug Policy ...

Trends in Drug Law Reform in Europe and Latin America

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This presentation gives a short overview of legislative reforms in Europe and Latin America that provide lessons learned in practice about less punitive approaches intended to reduce drug-related har ...

Assessing US Drug Policy in the Americas

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The growing realization that we and our neighbors in the Americas are not well-served by the status quo U.S. policies presents the opportunity to re-examine old premises and modernize our goals and s ...

Drug Policy Reform in Practice

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The academic journal Nueva Sociedad recently released an issue to promote the debate in Latin America on drug policy reform. TNI contributed with the article Drug policy reform in practice: Experienc ...

Drugs and Democracy: Toward a Paradigm Shift

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The statement presents the main findings of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy. Prohibitionist policies based on the eradication of production and on the disruption of drug flows as ...

The current state of drug policy debate

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Martin Jelsma, from the Transnational Institute, prepared an analysis for the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, explaining the drug policy situation in the European Union and the curr ...