Projects

3 November 2011
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Projects within the drugs and democracy work area.

Drug Law Reform The Drug Law Reform Project promotes more effective and humane drug policies through up-to-date analysis of developments in the region and by promoting dialogue among key stakeholders and decision-makers.
   
Drugs & Conflict TNI has been working on the links between drugs and conflict over many years; critiquing the "war on drugs" that have led to human rights abuses for many innocent and vulnerable people and added fuel to conflicts in many parts of the world.
   
UN Drug Control UN Drug Control: TNI has gained a reputation worldwide as one of the leading international drug policy research institutes and as a serious critical watchdog of UN drug control institutions, in particular the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).

Recent publications from Drugs and Democracy

De wankelende ‘Weense consensus’ over drugsbeleid

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

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

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

Bogotá’s medical care centres for drug addicts

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.