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  • Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that he would consider legalizing certain drugs as part of a broader strategy to fight poverty and crime. Speaking in the state of Zacatecas, Lopez Obrador said that a recent proposal from the country's defense minister, who backed legalization of opium for medicinal use, was important and that he would not rule out anything. "It's important what he proposed," Lopez Obrador said. "There should be a comprehensive approach to the terrible problem of insecurity and violence."

  • crime-mexicoA study released by a respected Mexican think tank asserts that proposals to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Colorado, Oregon and Washington could cut Mexican drug cartels' earnings from traffic to the U.S. by as much as 30 percent. Opponents questioned some of the study's assumptions, saying the proposals could also offer new opportunities for cartels to operate inside the U.S. and replace any profit lost to a drop in international smuggling.

  • colombia coca cultivo¿Cuál es el futuro de la política de drogas de Colombia? Esta es una de las preguntas principales de cara a las elecciones de 2022. ¿Habrá cambios en la concepción nacional en términos de lucha contra el narcotráfico, consumo legal, intervención en los territorios y prohibicionismo? Para darle respuesta a esos interrogantes, la Universidad de los Andes dio lugar a un debate para que los precandidatos presidenciales expresen sus propuestas y visión de cómo sería una política de drogas en un posible mandato. De acuerdo con las declaraciones de los precandidatos, cómo abordar la política de las drogas sigue siendo el centro de la discordia entre las diferentes propuestas de los participantes.

  • tni smokablecocaine eng web def coverThe smokable cocaine market was established decades ago, and is definitely not a new phenomenon. Rather than disappear, it is undergoing a slow expansion: from constituting a rather localized and isolated habit in the Andean region in the 1970s, its reach has extended in all directions, throughout North and South-America, including the Caribbean and Central American regions. Societies in the Americas have coexisted with smokable cocaines for over four decades, but - surprisingly - there is a dearth of research on the development of the market, or much first-hand evidence of how this substance is actually commercialized and used by millions of people in the region.

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  • brasil guerra drogasO Brasil não está em guerra, certo? Errado. Muito errado. Uma guerra invisível para a maior parte da sociedade, ignorada pela maioria do povo brasileiro, está em curso. Uma guerra que custou, em um único ano, e apenas para os estados do Rio de Janeiro e de São Paulo, R$ 5,2 bilhões. Esse foi o valor drenado do orçamento dos dois estados para matar, processar e encarcerar sobretudo jovens negros e moradores das favelas e periferias envolvidos no varejo de drogas ilícitas. Em qualquer guerra, como sabemos, há sempre os chamados “danos colaterais”; neste caso, são as vítimas das balas perdidas, que nunca erram o alvo. Atingem sempre moradores de favelas e periferias. (Veja mais: Drogas: quanto custa proibir)

  • The city of Copenhagen should be growing its own weed, said its mayor. According to Social Democrat Frank Jensen, the Danish capital can only get a grip on its huge trade in Cannabis if the state itself muscles in and displaces the pushers. Aware that a municipal government peddling its own grass might sound a little crunchy, Jensen is emphasizing the proposal's seriousness. "This isn’t a hippie proposal," he told newspaper Berlingske. "It's being discussed by people in suits and ties." (Editorial: Legalize marijuana on a trial basis)