Wanted: Non-Punitive Approach to Drug Policy: "Experts from 13 Latin American countries called for a shift in counter-drug policies from a punitive to a public health-based approach for users, in order to reduce drug-related violence, on the argument that the current 'war on drugs' has been lost in the region.
The Aug. 26-27 Second Latin American Conference on Drug Policy ... brought together public officials, academics and activists from around the region to debate drug policy (and) discuss questions like the decriminalisation of the possession and personal use of drugs." August 27, 2010, InterPress Service
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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