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Cracolândia: the crack capital of Brazil where addicts are forced to seek help [09-05-13]	With Brazil gripped by a crack epidemic, the authorities have launched a series of controversial initiatives. Since the start of last year, São Paulo ...
Drugs in Brazil: Cracking up [06-04-13]	São Paulo’s Cracolândia was Brazil’s first and is still its biggest. It is home to 2,000 addicts. But most Brazilian cities now have similar districts...
UN concerned by arbitrary arrests in Brazil [28-03-13]	The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention voiced concern about the rising number of arbitrary arrests in Brazil, which has one of the hi...
Is the INCB dangerous to your health? [05-03-13]	In what has become a chilling annual exercise, the UN's drug watchdog the International Narcotics Control Board released its annual report today....
Forced treatment for Brazil crack addicts [26-02-13]	The city of Rio de Janeiro has begun a program of involuntary hospitalization for crack users, one month after Brazil’s biggest city São Paulo began a...
Brazil debates treatment options in crack epidemic [30-12-12]	With a boom in crack use over the past decade, Brazilian authorities are struggling to stop the drug's spread, sparking a debate over the legal...
Ex-president slams Brazil's tough anti-drug bill [26-12-12]	A bill calling for tougher sentences for drug possession and mandatory internment of addicts in Brazil has drawn fire from ex-president Fernando Henri...
Amidst deep concern for Thailand's drug policies, some space for open debate [28-09-12]	On 17th September, 2012, IDPC together with the Transnational Institute (TNI) held a high-level seminar in Bangkok co-hosted with the Thai Ministry of...
Partners in Crime [21-06-12]	Millions of dollars in international aid for drug enforcement is spent in countries with extremely poor human rights records and with little or no acc...
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