Publications by Drugs and Democracy

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

May 2012

Tom Kramer

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

April 2012

TNI
Accion Andina, WOLA, CIDDH et al.

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.
Latijns-Amerika wil af van oorlog tegen drugs

April 2012
IPS & Danilo Valladares

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.
Latin America debates alternatives to current drug policy

April 2012

Drugs and Democracy

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.
Drugs on Latin America summit's agenda

April 2012

Martin Jelsma

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

April 2012

Martin Jelsma
Tom Kramer

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.
Cannabis social club activists in Spain liberated

November 2011

Tom Blickman

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

November 2011

Tom Blickman

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

November 2011

Tom Blickman

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

October 2011

Martin Jelsma
Tom Blickman

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