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In a major shift promoted by the Obama administration, the United States federal government is poised to end its use…
Documents Show Special Ops Training in the Region Tripled From 2007 to 2014 The U.S. military’s most elite forces have…
How might governments and the UN system address growing tensions surrounding the existing UN drug treaties and evolving law and practice in Member States in ways that acknowledge the policy shifts underway and help to modernize the drug treaty regime itself?
Leading cannabis policy experts and government officials gathered in Seattle to discuss how jurisdictions can best evaluate legal cannabis.
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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.
The message could not be any clearer: in Mexico’s Tlatlaya case, soldiers were instructed to take out, or kill, suspected criminals, in complete disregard for their human rights and due process.
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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.
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.
U.S. assistance to Latin America has dropped near the lowest levels in over a decade. But while U.S. diplomatic efforts are flagging, other less transparent forms of military-military cooperation are on the rise. In their new report, WOLA, LAWG, and CIP examine new trends in U.S. security assistance to Latin America.
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