Drug Law Reform

Fixing a broken system

2015-02-11T08:54:48+00:00

Despite efforts by governments in Latin America, illicit drugs continue to provide one of the largest incomes for criminal organizations, enabling them to penetrate and corrupt political and social i ...

All Eyes on California

2010-11-01T13:52:11+00:00

Registered voters in California will be the ones voting next Tuesday on whether to legalize marijuana under state law. But the ballot initiative in question – Proposition 19 – has sparked debate far ...

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 ...

Legislative Innovation in Drug Policy

2009-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

This briefing summarizes good practices in legislative reforms around the world, representing steps away from a repressive zero-tolerance model towards a more evidence-based and humane drug policy. T ...

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 ...

'Paco' Under Scrutiny

2006-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Based on two studies carried out in the cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, this report examines the origin, characteristics and impact of the explosive increase in cocaine base paste in urban are ...