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TNI has been working for a radical reform of international drugs policies since 1998 and runs an internationally respected Drugs and Democracy Programme. TNI's call for a new paradigm to tackle drug abuse based on harm reduction, effective alternative development programmes, revision of International Drug Control conventions and full respect for human rights has gained increasing support from civil society, governments and international institutions.
Hollande will not go Dutch on cannabis
May 2012
Tom Blickman

The new president of France, François Hollande, is not likely to change cannabis policies. His choice as Minister of the Interior, Manuel Valls, is a declared opponent to...

A growing dissent
May 2012
Amira Armenta

Latin America's desire to cast aside the ideological model imposed by the United States is not new but has been advocated for two decades.  The challenge now is to maintain this momentum in the face of efforts to silence the debate.

Why peace and land security is key to Burma's democratic future
May 2012
Tom Kramer

Analysis of the social costs of large-scale Chinese-supported rubber farms in northern Burma suggests that the future for ordinary citizens will be affected as much by the country's chosen economic path as the political reforms underway. 

Assessing Burma/Myanmar’s New Government
April 2012

Burma is in the midst of its most important period of political transition in over two decades. TNI and BCN hosted a conference to look at the challenges and opportunities in five key areas: politics, ethnic relations, the economy, social and humanitarian affairs, and the...

Burma Policy Briefings
Six Steps towards a Drugs Policy that Promotes Peace and Respects Human Rights
April 2012
TNI
 Accion Andina, WOLA, CIDDH et al.

Six steps that the presidents of the Americas can take to start a humane drugs control policy, as outlined by Civil society organisations from Latin America and worldwide.

Latin America debates alternatives to current drug policy
April 2012
Drugs and Democracy

Debate on alternatives to the war on drugs, which TNI has promoted for years, is finally received unprecedented attention as several Latin America presidents put it on the agenda of the highest level intergovernmental meeting in the hemisphere.

Drugs on Latin America summit's agenda
April 2012
Martin Jelsma

A critical rethink of the war on drugs features prominently on the agenda of the Cartagena summit. This provides opportunities to move forward but also faces several risks that could suffocate the remarkable yet incipient political opening of the drugs debate in Latin America.

Tackle Burma's Drugs Problem
April 2012
Martin Jelsma
Tom Kramer

Policy priorities should focus on how best to manage and reduce the many health and social harms associated with the reality of a persistent and ever changing drugs market. 

Towards revision of the UN drug control conventions
March 2012
Dave Bewley-Taylor

Recent years have seen a growing unwillingness among increasing numbers of States parties to fully adhere to a strictly prohibitionist reading of the three principal UN drug control conventions.

Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies Nr. 19
The Limits of Latitude
March 2012
Martin Jelsma
 Dave Bewley-Taylor

A growing number of nations are developing policies that shift away from the prohibition-oriented failed approach to drugs control. Ultimately however nations will need to reform the overall UN based global drug control framework of which practically all nations are a part.

Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies Nr. 18
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