The seven steps of drug policy reform in Ecuador

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The seven steps of drug policy reform in Ecuador

25 June 2015

Ecuador has entered a new era in drug policy and legislation.

Twenty-five years after the last major legal reform, brought about by the famed Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Law (Ley de Sustancias Estupefacientes y Psicotrópicas, Law 108), which took effect on September 17, 1990, the National Assembly is about to debate—for the second and final time—the draft Law on Prevention of Drugs and Use or Consumption of Substances Classified as Subject to Oversight (Ley de Prevención de Drogas y Uso y Consumo de Sustancias Catalogadas Sujetas a Fiscalización).

This legislation would complete seven significant steps in drug policy under the administration of President Rafael Correa. To understand the nature of the new draft legislation, it is important to examine it in light of Ecuador’s current drug policy.

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