Drug Law reform

TNI is deeply concerned that drug laws currently have not only failed to curve expanding drug markets, but have instead led to human rights violations, a crisis in the judicial and penitentiary systems, the consolidation of organized crime, and the marginalization of drug users who are pushed out of reach of the health care systems. TNI and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) launched a joint Drug Law Reform Project to help stimulate the debate on appropriate legislative reforms by pointing out good practices and lessons learned in areas such as proportionality of sentences, prison reform, and the status of the coca leaf in the international conventions.