In bid to intimidate Canada on cannabis regulation, INCB is reckless and wrong

Adapting the UN drug control system to modern realities is long overdue, and if the Board wants to protect the useful elements of the current system, the only option is to facilitate change, through honest discussion and valid guidance.

News Alerts May 7, 2018

International experts testify before the Canadian senate on addressing tensions with UN drug treaties

An inter se agreement appears as a pragmatic solution to address Treaty frictions with domestic legislation on the legal regulation of controlled substances.

News Alerts April 30, 2018

Promoting gender-sensitive drug policies in Bolivia

WOLA and AIN document progress in Bolivia, but warn about the risk of reversal without the enactment and implementation of broader judicial reform efforts.

Publications April 25, 2018

Balancing treaty stability and change

Inter se modification appears to provide a useful safety valve for collective action to adjust the treaty regime of the UN drug control conventions.

Publications March 29, 2018

Uruguay’s cannabis law: Pioneering a new paradigm

WOLA and Brookings examine the conditions that led Uruguay’s government to pass its cannabis law in 2013, studies its progress so far, and identifies areas that policymakers should consider addressing in order to maximize the law’s potential benefits.

Publications March 28, 2018

The modernisation of treaty regimes: Contrasting cases of international drug control and environmental regulation

The report studies the treaty regime evolution of international environmental regulation and international drug control.

Publications March 7, 2018

Yes, legalising marijuana breaks treaties. We can deal with that.

Current international obligations make compromise with UN Treaties inevitable.

News Alerts December 12, 2017

Colombia must immediately investigate, punish those responsible for killing protesters in coca-growing region

Rather than address these communities’ concerns, the security forces fired indiscriminately on the protesters, resulting in at least eight reported murders and over fifty wounded.

News Alerts October 11, 2017

Coca and the Colombian Peace Accords: A commentary on the pilot substitution project in Briceño

Coca farmers show commitment to the Peace Accords, but public authorities must rethink implementation.

Publications August 18, 2017

Letter from Manguinhos: A global call to protect harm reduction in Latin America

110 NGOs worldwide support the Letter from Manguinhos and the harm reduction approach at a moment when Brazil is reverting to a war on drugs approach.

Publications June 24, 2017

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