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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.
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 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.
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.
The report finds that the state of Colorado has largely succeeded in rolling out a legal marijuana system, and its early implementation efforts have been impressive. This report details what has been successful, how Colorado has achieved an effective rollout, and what challenges remain.
As aerial shootdown policies spread throughout Latin America, it is unclear whether they are being implemented with the safeguards necessary to avoid future tragedies.
In this paper, WOLA Senior Associate John Walsh responds to questions regarding the implementation of new laws to legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana— and the key challenges in creating regulatory regimes even as the federal ban remains in place. The paper forms part of a joint WOLA/Brookings series.
In this paper, Brookings Institution Guest Scholar Jonathan Rauch explores the implications of marijuana legalization in Washington and Oregon. The paper forms part of a joint WOLA/Brookings series.
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