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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…
Climate Change Disasters Point to Urgent Need to Protect Climate Refugees
In the fall of 2020, hurricanes Eta and Iota hit Central America, southern Mexico, and parts of northern South America…
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,…
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…
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.