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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…
Two Contrasting Court Decisions Underscore Need for Gender-Oriented Drug Law Reforms
By Carolina Ahumada On February 1, 2019, a 63 years old woman, a native of the province of Salta, Argentina,…
Q&A: Putting U.S. Counterdrug Operations in the Caribbean in Context
During an April 1 press briefing on the U.S. response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump announced new deployments…
Beyond the Narcostate Narrative: What U.S. Drug Trade Monitoring Data Says About Venezuela
While corruption and organized crime are thriving amid Venezuela’s political and economic crisis, previously unpublished U.S. government drug trade monitoring…
Report: U.S. Drug Monitoring Data on Venezuela Gets Beyond the ‘Narcostate’ Narrative
Washington, DC—While corruption and organized crime are thriving amid Venezuela’s political and economic crisis, previously unpublished U.S. government drug trade…
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…
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.
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.