Face à l’augmentation des incarcérations pour des délits en matière de drogues, Un ministre du Brésil prétend que l’état « n’a jamais mené de guerre aux drogues »

Un ministre brésilien a appelé à une intensification de la Guerre aux Drogues, en prétendant que des peines plus sévères réduiraient la consommation de drogues. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

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A Brazilian minister has called for an intensification of the War on Drugs, arguing that harsher punishments will reduce drug use.

Earlier this week, Osmar Terra - who was appointed Minister of Social Development in May 2016 – claimed in a conversation with O Globo that Brazil has “never seriously waged a war on drugs”. He called for increased border control, stricter penalties for drug trafficking, and educational campaigns, to combat the country’s rising drug use.

The Brooking Institute reports that cocaine use in Brazil has "more than doubled since 2005", and attributes this to an increasingly urban and affluent population with disposable income. Terra claimed that decriminalising drug possession would set a dangerous precedent for the eventual legalisation of substances, and that without “some kind of punishment, [people who use drugs] will consume more”.

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