The global movement for drug policy reform continues to gather momentum in both West Africa and the Caribbean. On 2 June 2014, the Jamaican cabinet amended the Dangerous Drugs Act, making the possession of small quantities of ganja (cannabis) for personal use a ticketable infraction with only a financial penalty. Infractions will be dealt with…
Costa Rica cooperated with US Coast Guard on cocaine trafficking, resulting in significant seizures The UN reports a decrease in coca cultivation in Bolivia, falls to 11-year low Ahead of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on 26 June, Ruth Dreifuss and Jorge Sampaio scan the debate on international drug policy The…
Peru has rarely been vocal on the drug policy debate. Yet the countries approach to cocaine production and trafficking may be softening. Following his election in 2011, president Ollanta Humala announced intentions to reconsider antinarcotics policy – even decriminalising coca farmers, low level cocaine processors and smugglers. Since then though, the focus has continued to…
