New campaign in Brazil challenges lack of open drug policy debate

A dynamic new campaign against drug prohibition has launched in Brazil, aiming to stimulate debate in a country that has been largely reluctant to broach the issue of liberalising its drug laws.

The “Da Proibição Nasce o Trafico” ("Drug Trafficking is Born from Prohibition") campaign -- developed by the Centre for Studies on Public Security and Citizenship at the University Candido Mendes (CESeC/UCAM) -- was launched on April 20 with artwork by five of the country's most prominent cartoonists publicised on buses in the country, along with a dedicated website providing more information.

Each of the five cartoons (see below) features a key argument against Brazil's current prohibitionist stance.

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