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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.

    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.

    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.

    INCB elections
    Martin Jelsma

    This month's elections to the International Narcotics Control Board have proven to be more about horse trading at the UN than the real issues at stake for global drug policy

    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

    Withdrawal symptoms for Golden Triangle drug trade
    Martin Jelsma
    Tom Kramer
    Opium production in the Golden Triangle has decreased significantly over the past decade. But the rapid decline has caused major suffering among former poppy-growing communities in Burma and Laos, making it difficult to characterise developments as a "success story".
    Rewriting history
    Drugs and Democracy

    The 2008 UN World Drug Report tries to hide the failures of drug control policy behind a bad history lesson. Instead of a clear acknowledgement that the UN’s own 10-year targets have not been met, it offers a narrative of 100 years of success, fabricating a comparison with Chinese opium...

    Latin America needs a new drug policy approach
    Tom Blickman
    TNI's Martin Jelsma participated in the inaugural meeting of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy which revealed growing political support for alternative global drug policies on the continent.

    TNI’s Martin Jelsma participated in the inaugural meeting in Rio de...

    Democracias baja fuego
    Martin Jelsma
     and others

    Democracias bajo fuego illustrates that the current repressive drug policies create more damage than that they produce solutions in Latin America.

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