This fellowship programme supports research on drugs, citizen security and democratic governance, aiming to produce evidence-based knowledge and to influence drug policy.

Medical marijuana advocates made their case at the Legislative Assembly in San José, an Alajuela lawyer got off the hook for growing pot on his roof, and the Public Security Ministry announced a two-metric-ton marijuana seizure in Limón.

Last Wednesday, decision makers, researchers and civil society activists discussed the European Commission proposal that aims to bring new substances under control quicker.

After the approval of the Uruguayan law that regulates the production, trade, sale and use of cannabis, we wish to tell the Uruguayan society that they are not alone – their policy reform constitutes hope in our struggle to reform drug policies.

After the approval of the Uruguayan law that regulates the production, trade, sale and use of cannabis, we wish to tell the Uruguayan society that they are not alone – their policy reform constitutes hope in our struggle to reform drug policies.

In an open letter, 114 civil society organisations from around the world welcome the Uruguayan Senate’s approval of a law to regulate cannabis (16 votes in favour, 13 against). This vote makes Uruguay the first national jurisdiction in the world to regulate the production, trade, sale and use of…

The LSE Ideas International Drug Policy Project provides an evaluation of international drug control system through research and policy analysis.

The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana in Alaska has already gathered almost 45,000 signatures.

Amendment 64 includes maximum tax rates and the rights of cities and counties to exclude cannabis shops from their jurisdictions.

This is a summary of the questions and challenges identified by the participants of a workshop held in Denver (October 2013) regarding the regulation of the cannabis market.

The Dutch Labour Party has backed the idea of legalising marijuana production to reduce the harms caused by the black market in the country

The bill, proposed by French Senator Esther Benbassa, would allow government-run retail stores to sell marijuana to adults for recreational use.

This report explores what seems to be an emerging international security cooperation model in which both Colombia and the United States play key roles

This report shows how South-Eastern European countries serve as a corridor for several drug-trafficking routes to Western and Central Europe.

Over 120 German professors of criminal law have called on the Bundestag to discuss the legalisation of cannabis.

Voters in Colorado and Washington made history in 2012 by rejecting the decades-long failed policy of marijuana prohibition and deciding to legally regulate marijuana sales, cultivation and distribution for adults.

A bill in the Colorado legislature to put extra safety restrictions on marijuana-infused edible products passed its first test Thursday.

It is time to end the ‘war on drugs’ and massively redirect resources towards effective evidence-based policies underpinned by rigorous economic analysis.

An update on the implementation of Colorado's recreational marijuana regulations.

Guatemala is considering taxing legalised drug crop cultivation, de-penalising low-level drug crimes and offering an amnesty to people convicted of small-scale drug possession and sale.