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Bolivia has denounced the International Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which bans the traditional practice of chewing coca leaf. Adam talks with Martin Jelsma, who coordinates the Drugs and Democracy Program at the Amsterdam-based Transnational Institute.

The people in the videos are featured because they represent the rarely revealed human side of the war on drugs.

As the Obama administration seeks to close the huge U.S. deficit without raising taxes, cutting defense or reducing entitlements, programs like foreign assistance are likely to suffer.

Study reveals alarming pattern in imprisonment for drug crimes in Latin America

Bolivia has announced its intention to reform its drug law, which has been criticized for resulting in sentences that are disproportionate to the crimes committed. But nothing has happened. In this video, Mario Vargas tells his story of being imprisoned for "stomping" coca leaves - the lowest level task involved in cocaine production.

Waiting for Change documents the complexities and disappointments of the Obama Administration’s relations with Latin America in its first year. The report identifies an underlying trend toward greater militarization of U.S. foreign policy which spans Democratic and Republican administrations alike.

WOLA's Coletta Youngers and John Walsh wrote an article published in America's Quarterly today, Drug Decriminalization: A Trend Takes Shape.