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    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. 

    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. 

    Financing Dispossession
    February 2012
    Tom Kramer
     Kevin Woods

    China’s opium crop substitution programme has very little to do with providing mechanisms to decrease reliance on poppy cultivation or provide alternative livelihoods for ex-poppy growers. Financing dispossession is not development.

    Drugs&Democracy - Transnational Institute
    Conflict, poverty and marginalisation
    July 2011
    Amira Armenta

    Since the 1990s, the Curvaradó and Jiguamiandó communities have specifically been the target of violence and subsequent displacement.

    On the Frontline of Northeast India
    March 2011
    Drugs and Democracy

    Conflict and underdevelopment in Northeast India have contributed to drug consumption and production, and are hampering access to treatment, care and support for drug users.

    Drug Policy Briefing No. 35
    The ‘miracle of San Martín’ and symptoms of ‘alternative development’ in Peru
    December 2010
    Hugo Cabieses

    The Peruvian government has presented the “Miracle of San Martin Model” as the path to follow to achieve drug supply reduction. However a closer look reveals that the model is not replicable, not ecologically sustainable, and won't remedy the ‘symptoms of alternative development’.

    Drug Policy Briefing No. 34
    Military Force Isn't the Answer in Mexico's Drug Wars
    November 2010
    Manuel Perez Rocha

    Mexicans don't want the current ill conceived war on drugs. It is fought with disregard to the high costs in terms of human rights and lives and mistakenly portrayed as 'courageous'.

    Colombia’s Uribe takes dictation one last time
    August 2010
    Atilio Boron

    The White House asked him for one last “proof of love” to support US Latin America policy. What will be next? Worries about his personal future?

    Redefining Targets
    December 2009
    Martin Jelsma
    Tom Kramer

    Afghanistan remains the world’s largest producer of opium and has an under-reported but growing heroin-use problem. Current drug control policies in Afghanistan are unrealistic, reflecting a need for immediate signs of hope rather than a serious analysis of the underlying causes and an effort to...

    Drug Policy Briefing No. 30
    Mexico: The Law Against Small-Scale Drug Dealing
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    October 2009
    Jorge Hernández Tinajero y Carlos Zamudio Angles

    In August 2009, Mexico adopted a new law against small-scale drug dealing, which introduces some significant advances in key subjects, such as the recognising of and distinguishing between user, drug addict and dealer. However it still has significant flaws in continuing to treat demand and...

    Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies Nr. 3
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