Cannabis regulation and UN treaty reform
Subtitle: Martin Jelsma at the European Harm Reduction Conference Basel – 9 May 2014 2nd European Harm Reduction Conference 2014 in Basel; "Cannabis regulation and UN treaty reform", speech by Martin...
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Drugs and violence in the Northern Triangle
Two sides of the same coin? The upsurge in violence in Central America’s Northern Triangle is often named in one breath with the drugs market. While violence clearly thrives from an illegal trade met...
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Reforming the global drug-control system: The stakes for Washington
Washington's new narrative defends the integrity of the UN drug control conventions, while allowing more flexible interpretationsread more
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Colombia, more than three decades of toxic sprayings. Enough!
It is unfortunate that 35 years after the first chemical spraying in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, we are still writing about aerial sprayings in Colombia, demanding the current government to...
View ArticleInternational Impacts of the U.S. Trend toward Legal Marijuana
American attitudes toward marijuana policy are shifting. Recent polls suggest that the majority of Americans think marijuana use should be legalized. How might a shift in American marijuana policies...
View ArticleDebat over of Amsterdamse drugsgebruikers medeverantwoordelijk zijn voor het...
Debat over of Amsterdamse drugsgebruikers medeverantwoordelijk zijn voor het bloedvergieten in Mexico. Presentator Nadia Moussaid besprak het met Wil Pansters - Hoogleraar Latijns Amerika, Pien Metaal...
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Fatal Attraction: Brownfield's Flexibility Doctrine and Global Drug Policy...
State-level cannabis reforms have exposed the inability of the United States to abide by the terms of the legal bedrock of the global drug control system. It is calls for a conversation the US federal...
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Has the US' War on Drugs Been Lost and what Lessons Should Europe Heed?
With a greater number of casualties than the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns combined, and very meagre results, the US is starting to reconsider the "War on Drugs", waged since the '70s.read more
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The 2016 UNGASS: Challenges and Opportunities
Report of a side event during the 58th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs The UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs is fast approaching 2016 and is an important opportunity to...
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June 26, International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 26 is the United Nations' International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Activists across the world gather under the banner "Support, Don't Punish: Global Day of Action".read more
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