Issues

Towards a new drug policy

2011-01-25T16:51:31+00:00

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

2010-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

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

2010-01-26T00:00:00+00:00

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

2009-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

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

2009-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

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

2009-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

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

2008-04-30T00:00:00+00:00

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 ...