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In a this report published jointly by WOLA and the Brookings Institution, John Walsh and Wells Bennett analyze the new legal, regulated marijuana markets in the context of existing international drug treaties.
In a paper produced for a Brookings Institution policy brief series, John Walsh and Geoff Ramsey review Uruguay’s pioneering policies that legalize and regulate every level of the market for cannabis.
This joint report analyzes the effects of drug policy in the Americas, including the militarization of law enforcement, the criminalization of consumption, the weakening of due process guarantees, mass incarceration, disproportionate penalties, and restrictions on access to health care.
Over three years after its passage, the final element of Uruguay’s historic cannabis law is set to be implemented on…
The people in the videos are featured because they represent the rarely revealed human side of the war on drugs.
By Francesca Lessa, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow, Latin American Centre, University of Oxford, UK, and Jo-Marie Burt, WOLA Senior Fellow…
Uruguay is the first country to legalize and regulate its domestic non-medical cannabis market. In light of this pioneering role,…
The UN drug treaties expressly limit cannabis use to medical and scientific purposes, and cannabis is placed under the strictest…
A new study by the Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law (Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho, CEDD) analyzes…
Monday 12th June 2023 Dear Secretary General Guterres, We are writing to urge you to mark this year’s International Day…
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