Drugs and Democracy publications
Human rights and drug policy
October 2013
Primer
An accessible but comprehensive primer on why TNI believes that human rights must be at the heart of any debate on drug control.
Expert Seminar "Where next for Europe on drug policy reform?"
October 2013
Analysis of the new EU strategy on drugs and its action plan and discussion on ways to improve and innovate European drug policy.
Working towards a legal coca market
July 2013
Briefing - Drug Law Reform Series Nr 23
Modern use of the coca leaf in Argentina provides a series of examples that could contribute to dispelling many of the myths that have polarized debate about the subject over the last few years.
Informal Drug Policy Dialogue 2013, Warsaw
June 2013
Report
The tenth meeting of the Informal Drug Policy Dialogue series, organised by the Transnational Institute (TNI) and Association Diogenis, took place in Warsaw, Poland, gathering over 35 NGO representatives, academics, policy makers and practitioners.
De wankelende ‘Weense consensus’ over drugsbeleid
April 2013
Briefing
Nederland is met zijn drugsbeleid in de achterhoede terecht gekomen. Zo zijn Uruguay en de Amerikaanse staten Washington en Colorado, met hun besluit de cannabismarkt van teelt tot gebruik te legaliseren, Nederland voorbijgestreefd.
Between Reality and Abstraction
March 2013
Briefing - Drug Policy Briefings Nr 39
At the International Conference on Alternative Development (ICAD), held 15-16 November 2012 in Lima, the Peruvian Government continued to insist on the relevance of “Alternative Development (AD),” with particular emphasis on the so-called San Martín “miracle” or “model.”
The illicit drugs market in the Colombian agrarian context
February 2013
Briefing - Drug Policy Briefings Nr 40
The distribution of land and its unjust use are the major causes of violence in Colombia. For this reason land issues are the starting point of current peace talks between the Santos government and the FARC guerrillas
Addicted to punishment
January 2013
Paper - Special Reports
This report reveals the average maximum sentence for a drug offense rose from 34 years in prison in 1950 to 141 years today and in three countries surveyed, drug trafficking was subject to longer maximum and minimum penalties than murder.
Bogotá’s medical care centres for drug addicts
January 2013
Briefing - Drug Law Reform Series Nr 22
The opening in September 2012 of the first centre for drug addicts in Bogota is a welcome first step towards more humane and effective drug policies in Colombia’s capital city, but to be effective needs to be integrated into proper overall drugs strategy.
Southeast Asia Informal Drug Policy Dialogue 2012, Bangkok
December 2012
Report
The 4th GIZ/TNI Southeast Asia Informal Drug Policy Dialogue titled ‘The Future of Alternative Development in Southeast Asia’ took place on 18 and 19 December 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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