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Over three years after its passage, the final element of Uruguay’s historic cannabis law is set to be implemented on…
By Kathryn Ledebur and Coletta A. Youngers* For the fifth year in a row, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has…
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.
After decades of failed policies, the U.S. is finally reconsidering the mass incarceration model it promoted in Latin America. The paradigm shift opens up space for reforms in Latin America.
This guide presents public policies to address the harmful mass incarceration of women for drug offenses in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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.
Washington, D.C. and Cochabamba, Bolivia—Bolivia has seen a decline in coca cultivation for the fourth consecutive year, according to data…
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.
On April 27, Colombia’s Health Ministry called on the government to end aerial spraying of coca crops over concerns that it could cause cancer. But even if it was safe, spraying is an absolutely ineffective policy.
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.
WOLA Senior Associate Adam Isacson’s posts and photos from the road during a March 2014 trip to Chocó, in northwestern Colombia. Topics include the conflict’s impact on Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities, forced displacement, illegal mining, U.S. policy – and the need to defend and work with the region’s vibrant civil society.
Colombia is increasingly training third countries’ militaries and police forces, often with U.S. funds. This trend raises concerns about transparency, human rights, civilian control, and replication of a highly questioned “drug war model.” This report presents new information about this growing practice.
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