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Publications by Drugs and Democracy

  • The Development of International Drug Control
    February 2011
    Martin Jelsma

    TNI's paper for the Global Commission on Drug Policy describes the foundations of the global drug control system, its degeneration into the 'war on drugs', and how international drug policy can be made both more effective and more humane.

  • Drug Policy Reform in Practice
    August 2009
    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 paper "Drug policy reform in practice: Experiences with alternatives in Europe and the US".

  • The current state of drug policy debate
    July 2008
    Martin Jelsma

    Repressive drugs policies in the last ten years have patently failed as drugs are cheaper than ever, but legalisation doesn’t solve all the problems associated with the illegal drug economy either. So what are the principles and strategies for effective alternative policies that are
    emerging?

  • Smokeable cocaine and crack in Brazil
    October 2006
    Tom Blickman

    In Brazil, the first large crack consumption market appeared at the end of the 1980s in São Paulo and expanded during the 1990s reaching its peak halfway the decade. Crack use spread to other regions in Brazil during the 1990s, in particular to youngsters from low-income population in
    urban areas. A 2002 survey among young street dwellers in all the state capitals revealed that crack had spread to 22 states.