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Martin Jelsma is a political scientist who has specialised in Latin America and international drugs policy. In 2005, he received the Alfred R. Lindesmith Award for Achievement in the Field of Scholarship, which stated that Jelsma "is increasingly recognized as one of, if not the, outstanding strategists in terms of how international institutions deal with drugs and drug policy."...
Martin Jelsma, especialista en políticas internacionales de drogas y asesor en Uruguay, defiende que la legalización de la marihuana "saca el mercado de manos criminales" y "controla el acceso de los consumidores".
Este experto mundial en políticas de drogas ha asesorado al gobierno de Uruguay, el primero en legalizar la comercialización de la marihuana desde la semilla hasta su consumo.
Martin Jelsma, politólogo especializado en políticas internacionales de droga, ha asesorado al gobierno de Uruguay y augura ahora un efecto dominó que ni las restrictivas convenciones internacionales ni los Estados Unidos no podrán parar. "A nivel internacional, después de décadas con políticas alternativas, por primera vez un país y dos estados de Estados Unidos empiezan con la regulación de toda la cadena del cannabis. Nunca había pasado antes, ni siquiera en los Países Bajos, con los coffee shops, donde la producción sigue prohibida. Son los primeros escenarios con una legalización controlada y estoy convencido que es el inicio de cambios que otros países van a seguir."
Los coffee shops en Holanda, el consumo medicinal en algunos estados de Norteamérica -y recreativo en Washington y Colorado-, los clubes sociales de marihuana en España... y la regularización completa del mercado del cannabis en Uruguay, país al que Martin Jelsma ha asesorado recientemente. Son una treintena de países los que avanzan en mayor o menor medida hacia la legalización de la marihuana, apunta Jelsma, especialista holandés en políticas internacionales de drogas y director del Programa de Democracia y Drogas del Transnational Institute, observatorio crítico con los tratados de la ONU, muy restrictivos con su consumo. (Véase también: El "irreversible" proceso de regulación del mercado del cannabis)
James Shearer, John Sherman, Alex Wodak, Ingrid van Beek
31 May 2002
The illicit use of amphetamines continues to be a growing problem in many countries around the world, yet treatment responses remain in need of further development. This is particularly true with regards to pharmacotherapy for amphetamine dependence. In this Harm Reduction Digest four authors who bring together considerable research and clinical experience in this area describe the nature of amphetamine-related problems and consider the role of amphetamine agonists in substitution therapy for amphetamine dependence.
James Shearer, John Sherman, Alex Wodak, Ingrid van Beek
31 May 2002
The illicit use of amphetamines continues to be a growing problem in many countries around the world, yet treatment responses remain in need of further development. This is particularly true with regards to pharmacotherapy for amphetamine dependence. In this Harm Reduction Digest four authors who bring together considerable research and clinical experience in this area describe the nature of amphetamine-related problems and consider the role of amphetamine agonists in substitution therapy for amphetamine dependence.
Martin Kirk is Co-founder and Director of Strategy for /The Rules, a global collective of writers, thinkers, coders, farmers, artists and activists of all types dedicated to challenging the root causes of global poverty and inequality. Prior to /TR Martin was the Head of Campaigns at Oxfam UK, and Head of Global Advocacy for Save the Children. He has written extensively on issues of poverty,...
Los coffee shops en Holanda, el consumo medicinal en algunos estados de Norteamérica -y recreativo en Washington y Colorado-, los clubes sociales de marihuana en España... y la regularización completa del mercado del cannabis en Uruguay, país al que 
The illicit use of amphetamines continues to be a growing problem in many countries around the world, yet treatment responses remain in need of further development. This is particularly true with regards to pharmacotherapy for amphetamine dependence. In this Harm Reduction Digest four authors who bring together considerable research and clinical experience in this area describe the nature of amphetamine-related problems and consider the role of amphetamine agonists in substitution therapy for amphetamine dependence.
