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Pien Metaal Senior Project Officer

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Pien Metaal is an activist and political scientist that has been part of the Drugs and Democracy programme since 2002, though her participation with the Programme dates further back.

Pien Metaal
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+31 20 662 66 08

Her work for TNI has focussed on research, education, network- and policy development on coca and cocaine, producers of crops for illicit use, fair(er) trade cannabis and many other issues related to―international―drug policy.  She has written numerous articles, and contributed to various books and publications on the drug policy in Latin America since 1996, in and outside of TNI.

Latest work

  • Un avenir durable pour les producteurs de cannabis Opportunités de «développement alternatif» pour le marché du cannabis légal

    • Producers of Crops
    • Cannabis
    • Alternative Development
    Cover image

    Ce rapport affirme que pour orienter les marchés de cannabis légal vers une voie plus durable et plus équitable basée sur des principes de transfert de pouvoir aux communautés, de justice sociale, de commerce (plus) équitable et de développement durable, il est nécessaire de réduire les barrières des petits producteurs tout en augmentant celles des grandes entreprises.

    Report by
    • Martin Jelsma
    • Tom Blickman
    • Sylvia Kay
    • Pien Metaal
    • Nicolás Martínez Rivera
    • Dania Putri

  • Un Futuro Sostenible para los Agricultores de Cannabis Oportunidades de “Desarrollo Alternativo” en el Mercado Legal del Cannabis

    • Productores de cultivos
    • Planta de cannabis
    • Desarrollo alternativo
    Cover image

    Este informe sostiene que si se reducen las barreras para los pequeños productores y se elevan para las corporaciones, los mercados legales de cannabis tomarían un rumbo más sostenible y equitativo, basado en los principios de empoderamiento comunitario, justicia social, comercio (más) justo y desarrollo sostenible.

    Report by
    • Martin Jelsma
    • Tom Blickman
    • Sylvia Kay
    • Pien Metaal
    • Nicolás Martínez Rivera
    • Dania Putri

  • A sustainable future for cannabis farmers ‘Alternative Development’ opportunities in the legal cannabis market

    • Producers of Crops
    • Cannabis
    • Alternative Development

    Learn how lessening the barriers for small farmers while raising them for large companies can help to steer legal cannabis markets in a more sustainable and equitable direction based on principles of community empowerment, social justice, fair(er) trade and sustainable development. Order print copy

    Report by
    • Martin Jelsma
    • Tom Blickman
    • Sylvia Kay
    • Pien Metaal
    • Nicolás Martínez Rivera
    • Dania Putri
See all work by Pien Metaal

Key documents

A breakthrough in the making? Shifts in the Latin American drug policy debate

  • War on Drugs
  • Drug Law Reform
Policy briefing by
  • Martin Jelsma
  • Pien Metaal

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