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    The Statistics Bazaar
    Ricardo Vargas

    The drugs scene in Colombia is characterized by the fact that it is dominated by a confusion of insufficiently supported statistics and speculative diagnoses which produce policies that reflect this chaos.

    Redefining Targets
    Martin Jelsma
    Tom Kramer

    Afghanistan remains the world’s largest producer of opium and has an under-reported but growing heroin-use problem. Current drug control policies in Afghanistan are unrealistic, reflecting a need for immediate signs of hope rather than a serious analysis of the underlying causes and an effort to...

    Afghanistan's hidden drug problem
    Martin Jelsma
    Tom Kramer

    Afghanistan's drug problem is not simply one of opium production - there is a growing number of heroin addicts that the country is ill prepared to deal with.

    Coca leaf: Myths and Reality
    Tom Blickman

    Many myths surround coca. Every day press accounts around the world use the word coca in their headlines, when they refer in fact to cocaine. TNI's Drugs and Democracy Team expose the myths and reality surrounding the coca leaf.

    Burma: Neither War Nor Peace
    Neither War nor Peace report cover

    Whilst a twenty year ceasefire still holds, there is unlikely to be peace and democracy in Burma without a political settlement that addresses ethnic minority needs and goals.

    Drug Policy Reform in Practice
    Martin Jelsma
    Tom Blickman
    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: Experiences with alternatives in Europe and the US".
    Get real about coca: debunking the myths surrounding the ‘sacred’ leaf

    The Coca Myths report destroys a wide range of myths which to this day surround the coca leaf, illegal under the current international law.

    Coca Myths
    Pien Metaal
     Anthony Henman

    The present issue of Drugs & Conflict intends to debunk and disentangle the most prominent myths surrounding the coca leaf. It aims to clear the air and help steer the debate towards a more evidence-based judgement of the issues.

    Towards a world market for coca leaf?
    TNI
     Pien Metaal

    When we think of people like Pope Paul VI, the Queen of Spain or Britain’s Princess Anne, most of us do not think of them as criminals. But that is what they are, under the current international drug law. Their crime? They all sipped coca tea on their arrival to the Bolivian capital La Paz....

    Countering illicit drug traffic and supply, and alternative development
    Martin Jelsma
     TNI statement

    TNI statement at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs 52nd Session, High-level Segment Round Table D - 12 March 2009, 2.30-5.30 pm

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