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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.

    The security approach to the drugs problem
    Ricardo Vargas

    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 socio-economic conditions of peasant and indigenous communities affected by the...

    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.

    Stepping away from the darkness
    Martin Jelsma

    The experiences of countries that have decriminalised drugs show that fears of explosions in drugs use are unfounded.

    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".
    From Golden Triangle to Rubber Belt?
    Tom Kramer

    In the Kokang and Wa regions in northern Burma opium bans have ended poppy cultivation, but have caused chronic poverty and food insecurity as a result.

    Twenty Years on, the Wa-Burmese Cease-fire looks shakier
    Tom Kramer
    The recent tension between the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the Burmese military Government has led to speculation about a renewal of the armed conflict. Tom Kramer examines the two decades of cease fire.
    The Failed War on Drugs in Mexico
    TNI
     Manuel Pérez Rocha

    Introduction

    The United States has released the first $296 million dollars of a $400 million counter-drug assistance package approved in June 2008 by the US Congress for Mexico. This aid package, termed the Merida Initiative and also referred to by many civil society...

    Indulto de mulas en Ecuador, una propuesta sensata
    Pien Metaal
    Drug report in Southeast Asia
    Martin Jelsma
    Tom Kramer

    The assumption that reducing opium production would lead to less drug use has been proven wrong. It has instead contributed to a pattern of an increased use of stronger drugs and more harmful patterns of use

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