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WOLA Newsroom  July 20, 2010In the first decade of the 2000s, the U.S. government spent $9.9 billion on aid programs to help governments in Latin America and the Caribbean reduce the supply of illegal drugs coming to the United States. That is 48 percent of all U.S. aid, and 85 percent of all military and police aid, to the Western Hemisphere.  July 13, 2010Launch of On-Line Resource to Provide Information, Analysis, and Testimonies of Failed Drug Policies in Latin America and Reform Efforts  May 11, 2010The National Drug Control Strategy released today by President Obama and R. Gil Kerlikowkse, the Director of ONDCP, marks a modest but real improvement over past ONDCP strategies  May 6, 2010Officials and experts see advances in regional trend  February 24, 2010UN's International Narcotics Control Board's Annual Report
Oversteps Mandate and Interferes with Countries' Sovereignty  February 5, 2010Experts identify a tendency to change drug laws throughout the region and urge Peru to consider reforming its own drug laws.  December 11, 2009Despite a worldwide drug control treaty system and decades of massive investments to attack drug production and curtail supplies and consumption, illicit markets and criminal networks are still flourishing, threatening public health and safety. It is time for a reconsideration of drug policy. This was the message echoed today in Washington, DC by a panel of international leaders and experts ...  November 12, 2009According to a recent report released by international experts from the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), the Transnational Institute in The Netherlands and the Colectivo para una Política Integral Hacia las Drogas in Mexico, the new Mexican law that decriminalizes the possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use will substantially increase chances that drug users are mistaken ...  October 22, 2009International Drug Policy Experts Affirm a Paradigm Shift on the Continent  October 15, 2009Today a bill that represents a significant step toward a serious - and overdue - reconsideration of U.S. drug control policy will be marked-up at the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. October 15, 2009This Afternoon, Thursday, October 15th, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere will mark-up a bill that would create an independent "Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission" to recommend how to improve U.S. domestic and international drug control policies. Download  September 17, 2009The Obama administration's "decertification" of Bolivia's drug control efforts, announced last night, is unwarranted and risks unnecessarily complicating efforts underway to improve U.S.-Bolivian relations, according to the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the Andean Information Network (AIN).
 August 26, 2009The Argentine Supreme court ruling that declares unconstitutional the imposition of criminal sanctions for the possession of small quantities of marijuana for personal use represents an important step toward distinguishing between drug use and drug trafficking. This judicial decision adds to the recent changes emerging throughout the continent (Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil) to improve current drug policies, which have been disproportionately ... Download  April 15, 2009The rampant drug trade and violence in Mexico and the United States’ shared responsibility for this problem will be key topics for Presidents Barack Obama and Felipe Calderon when they meet in Mexico City tomorrow. The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) calls on both leaders to discuss long-term policies that are needed to reduce the harm caused by ...  February 18, 2009Approximately 50 producers of coca leaves, cannabis and opium poppy from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and Asia and more than 20 experts and NGO representatives gathered at this first world forum in Barcelona, Spain from January 29 to 31, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. Approximately 50 producers of coca leaves, cannabis and opium poppy from Latin America and the ... June 30, 2008WOLA Senior Associate John Walsh and White House Drug Policy Office Chief Scientist David Murray debated U.S. drug policy on C-Span's "Washington Journal." | |
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