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Drugs and Democracy

TNI’s Drugs & Democracy programme has gained a reputation worldwide as one of the leading international drug policy research institutes and is widely recognised as a critical watchdog on UN drug control institutions and policies.

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  • TNI/WOLA Drug Law Reform Project

    Promoting a more effective and humane drug policy in Latin America 

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  • The security approach to the drugs problem

    The drugs problem in Colombia is intertwined with structural factors at the social, economic, institutional and cultural levels. Moreover, its relationship to the armed conflict has had serious consequences for the...

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  • Redefining Targets

    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...

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  • Drug Law Reform Project

    The drug law reform project, in which a number of Latin American judicial experts and legislators participate, aims to promote more humane, balanced, and effective drug laws.

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  • Centre for Research on Drugs and Human Rights (CIDDH)

    The Centre for Research on Drugs and Human Rights (CIDDH) is a Civil Association based in Lima, Peru. Its main objectives are the promotion of debate and implementation of legal reform in drug control in Latin...

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The Statistics Bazaar
Ricardo Vargas
 Mar 5 2010

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.

UN’s International Narcotics Control Board’s Annual Report oversteps mandate and interferes with countries’ sovereignty
Feb 24 2010

The UN's International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) annual report released today, which criticizes Argentina, Brazil and Mexico for moving to decriminalize the possession of drugs for personal consumption, clearly oversteps the INCB's mandate and constitutes unwarranted intrusions into these countries' sovereign decision-making.

Prohibition, a backwards step
Diana Esther Guzmán, Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes Feb 22 2010

In December 2009, the Congress in Colombia passed a constitutional reform that prohibits the consumption and possession of certain quantities of drugs for personal use, that had previously been legal in the 1991 Constitution. This regressive step is unlikely to reduce consumption and will probably increase overcrowding which plague some of the country’s major prison centres

Drug Law Reform in Peru
Feb 17 2010

Overview of drug laws and legislative trends in Peru.

Drug Law Reform in Ecuador
Feb 17 2010

Overview of drug laws and legislative trends in Ecuador.

Drug Law Reform in Chile
Feb 17 2010

Overview of drug laws and legislative trends in Chile.

Drug Law Reform in Bolivia
Feb 17 2010

Overview of drug laws and legislative trends in Bolivia.

Drug Law Reform in Brazil
Feb 17 2010

Overview of drug laws and legislative trends in Brazil.

Drug Law Reform: Publications
Feb 16 2010

Publications produced by the project Drug Law Reform in Latin America.

The WHO cocaine project
TNI
 Feb 4 2010

In 1995 the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) announced in a press release the publication of the results of the largest global study on cocaine use ever undertaken.

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