Drugs and Democracy

TNI’s Drugs & Democracy programme has gained a reputation worldwide as one of the leading international drug policy research institutes and is widely recognised as a critical watchdog on UN drug control institutions and policies. See also our Drug Law Reform website and the United Nations Drug Control website.

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Why peace and land security is key to Burma's democratic future

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.

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Six Steps towards a Drugs Policy that Promotes Peace and Respects Human Rights

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.

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Latin America debates alternatives to current drug policy

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.

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Towards revision of the UN drug control conventions

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.

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Press release: The UN Narcotic Control Board's attack on Bolivia is irrational

The UN International Narcotics Control Board's irrational attack on Bolivia for its reservation on one aspect of the 1961 Single Convention on Drugs is further evidence of its incompetence and overreach.

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Members of Drugs and Democracy

Amira Armenta	Ernestien Jensema
Martin Jelsma	Pien Metaal
Tom Blickman	Tom Kramer

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Latijns-Amerika wil af van oorlog tegen drugs

IPS & Danilo Valladares April 2012

Nogal wat landen in Latijns-Amerika willen af van de oorlog tegen drugs. De oorlog, die vooral in Mexico en Centraal-Amerika een zware tol eist, heeft gefaald, zeggen ze. Ze zullen dit weekend op de Top van de Amerika's pleiten voor alternatieven.

Drugs on Latin America summit's agenda

Martin Jelsma

April 2012

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

Martin Jelsma

Tom Kramer

April 2012

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.

The Limits of Latitude

Martin Jelsma

Dave Bewley-Taylor March 2012

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

Chewing over Khat prohibition

Martin Jelsma

Pien Metaal

Axel Klein January 2012

Khat has been consumed for thousands of years in the highlands of Eastern Africa and Southern Arabia.Strict bans on khat introduced in Europe ostensibly for the protection of immigrant communities have had severe unintended negative consequences.

Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies

Cannabis social club activists in Spain liberated

Tom Blickman

November 2011

Cultivation and consumption of cannabis is decriminalised to an extent but lack of guidelines causes rogue social clubs to undermine the success of self-regulated social clubs. The result; an unwarranted arrest of three Pannagh activists.

Immediate release for Martin Barriuso and his two fellow activists

Tom Blickman

November 2011

The arrest of Barriuso and two fellow activists of Pannagh is uncalled for. They should be released immediately.

The urgent next steps in ATS and Harm reduction

Tom Blickman

November 2011

Now is the time to implement low cost and simple harm reduction measures for amphetamine-type stimulant users.

In memoriam: Adrian Cowell

Martin Jelsma

Tom Blickman

October 2011

Adrian Cowell, a groundbreaking documentary film maker and good friend, died early October in London.

USAID's Alternative Development policy in Colombia

Ricardo Vargas

October 2011

Alternative Development as practised by USAID and the Colombia government was always guided more by security rather than development considerations. This report examines the key aspects of USAID's alternative development policy and its implementation in Colombia during the last decade. A critical analysis by Ricardo Vargas.

Drug Policy Briefing Nr. 38