This study found that 55.75% of the women in prison in Argentina had been accused or convicted of drug crimes.

In an open letter, former Latin American leaders call for legal regulation to help undermine organised crime in a context of drug law reform.

The purpose of this report is to help the Heads of State and Government of the Americas to establish a frame of reference to address the drugs problem in their countries and to guide future multilateral policies and actions.

These scenarios are stories about what 'could' happen in the future in and around the hemispheric drug system, based on current trends, and including relevant political, economic, social, cultural and international dynamics.

On Friday 17th May, the Secretary General of the OEA, José Miguel Insulza, will meet with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to share the results of the hemispheric review of drug policies.

The review was mandated by Heads of State at 2012 Summit of the Americas. The new study should enrich the already-vibrant hemispheric debate over drug policy alternatives, including the option of legal, regulated markets for cannabis.

On Friday, May 17, in Bogotá, Colombia, OAS Secretary General presented the outcomes of the drug policy review conducted in the Americas.

For the first time, sitting presidents in Latin America are questioning the international drug control paradigm and calling for objective debate on alternative approaches.

The OAS hosted a Hemispheric Forum on Anti-Drug Policy in the Americas where recommendations were adopted to inform debates at the upcoming General Assembly on drug policy.

Um manifesto favorável à descriminalização de usuários de drogas, assinado por mais de 100 líderes evangélicos, foi entregue ao presidente da Câmara dos Deputados, Henrique Eduardo Alves.

Sao Paulo State has launched a programme that will provide subsidies to rehabilitate dependent on crack cocaine at private treatment centres.

Especialistas internacional entregarão esta semana à presidente Dilma Rousseff, ao Congresso Nacional e ao Supremo Tribunal Federal uma carta contra o projeto de reforma na lei nacional antidrogas, em tramitação na Câmara.

O Ministério da Justiça do Brazil vai formalizar proposta de aumento da pena mínima para traficantes de drogas que integram organizações criminosas, de cinco para oito anos de prisão.

A harm reduction approach should include friendly and objective information regarding different substances that are usually consumed via methods other than injecting.

The letter sent by 145 organisations to Obama and Mesoamerican leaders calls for a shift away from the failed militarised security policies which have exacerbated violence and human rights violations.

The new Mexican administration states that it has shifted its priorities away from the U.S drug war toward an emphasis on prevention and keeping Mexico’s streets safe and calm.

Seven former ministers of justice in Brazil signed a manifest attesting the unconstitutionality of the criminalization of the penal repression of drug possession for personal use.

This new publication by Intercambios analyses working strategies used to address problematic drug use.

From Boston to Brazil, different law enforcement techniques have successfully minimised the harmful impacts of illicit drug markets.