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El Universo Interview With John Walsh About Ecuador’s Security Crisis
In an interview with El Universo, one of Ecuador’s largest daily newspapers, John Walsh, WOLA’s Director for Drug Policy and…
Joint request to the UN to centre World Drug Day on Human Rights
Monday 12th June 2023 Dear Secretary General Guterres, We are writing to urge you to mark this year’s International Day…
Cannabis in Latin America: The Green Wave and Challenges for Regulation
A new study by the Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law (Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho, CEDD) analyzes…
Can Cannabis Be Regulated in Accord with International Law?
The UN drug treaties expressly limit cannabis use to medical and scientific purposes, and cannabis is placed under the strictest…
Uruguay’s Cannabis Law: Pioneering a New Paradigm
Uruguay is the first country to legalize and regulate its domestic non-medical cannabis market. In light of this pioneering role,…
Criminal Record Reform in Costa Rica: A Step toward Proportionality and Improved Prospects For Women’s Lives after Prison
This commentary is a joint publication between the Costa Rican Association for Research and Intervention in Drugs (Asociación Costarricense para…
Video Profiles: The Human Cost of the Drug War
The people in the videos are featured because they represent the rarely revealed human side of the war on drugs.
Getting Regulation Right: Assessing Uruguay’s Historic Cannabis Initiative
Over three years after its passage, the final element of Uruguay’s historic cannabis law is set to be implemented on…
Women Behind Bars: Photo Essays Show The Human Cost of Current Drug Policies in the Americas
Across Latin America, the effects of disproportionate punishment for low-level, non-violent drug offenses are particularly severe for women. The following women were convicted and imprisoned for drug offenses in Colombia and Costa Rica. These are their stories.
The Impact of Drug Policy on Human Rights
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.
Uruguay’s Drug Policy: Major Innovations, Major Challenges
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.