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Deficiencies in financial oversight enable money laundering [15-05-13]	In July 1989, the leaders of the economic powers assembled at the G7 Paris summit decided to establish a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to counter...
Green green grass of home: police crack down on cottage industry of cannabis [11-04-13]	Across the UK, 7,865 cannabis farms were discovered in 2011-12, an increase of 15% on the previous year's figures and over double the number for ...
Is the war on drugs nearing an end? [08-04-13]	For four decades, libertarians, civil rights activists and drug treatment experts have stood outside of the political mainstream in arguing that the w...
'They stole our dreams': blogger reveals cost of reporting Mexico's drug wars [03-04-13]	For three years it has chronicled Mexico's drug war with graphic images and shocking stories that few others dare show, drawing millions of reade...
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...
Guatemala's president: 'My country bears the scars from the war on drugs' [19-01-13]	This is at the heart of the awakening in Latin America, a feeling that drugs prohibition has allowed rich and powerful cartels to rise to such promi...
Federal government should allow states to sanction marijuana businesses [14-12-12]	President Obama’s statement of tolerance toward legalized marijuana is welcome. The real question is not whether federal agents will go after users. I...
The Northern Triangle’s drugs-violence nexus [28-11-12]	Mexico has occupied the limelight when it comes to media attention focusing on drug-related violence in Latin America. However, it is actually Central...
Mexico's drug war bright spot hides dark underbelly [28-11-12]	For four years, Ciudad Juárez on the border with Texas was convulsed by daily slaughter, becoming the murder capital of the world and a shocking illus...
Marijuana decriminalization law brings down juvenile arrests in California [26-11-12]	Marijuana is one of the primary reasons why California experienced a stunning 20 percent drop in juvenile arrests in just one year, between 2010 and 2...
"Impossible" to end drug trade, says Calderón [23-11-12]	Ending the consumption and the trafficking of illegal drugs is “impossible”, according to Felipe Calderón, Mexico’s outgoing president. In an intervie...
Britain's drug policies could be wasting billions [15-10-12]	Despite the successes of recent years, there are still approximately 2,000 drug-related deaths in the UK every year. Nearly 400,000 people have seriou...
Study: Pot arrests cost state $300 million in past 25 years [11-10-12]	A new crime-data analysis has found that 241,000 people in Washington were arrested for misdemeanor marijuana possession over the last quarter-centu...
How International Aid for Drug Enforcement Fuels Human Rights Abuses [02-10-12]	It is increasingly clear that there is a fundamental lack of oversight of how international aid – provided by the US, Europe and the United Nations to...
Fix to B.C.’s ‘drug problem’ is easy: legalize marijuana [20-09-12]	With three western American states mulling legalized marijuana and the Union of B.C. Municipalities set to debate it, a new group wants the province t...
Q&A: “Pacification of favelas not a real public policy yet” [18-09-12]	The "pacification" of the favelas in this Brazilian city, aimed at driving out armed groups and fighting drug trafficking, has not yet becom...
Hard drugs just minutes away for Vancouver users, study finds [14-08-12]	Illicit drugs are easily and quickly accessible to users in Vancouver despite decades of aggressive drug law enforcement efforts aimed at suppressin...
Oakland protests U.S. attorney's crackdown on large medical marijuana dispensary [13-07-12]	A day after federal prosecutors moved to shutter the country's largest medical marijuana dispensary, city leaders and other officials came to the...
The War on Drugs and HIV/AIDS [25-06-12]	The global war on drugs is driving the HIV pandemic among people who use drugs and their sexual partners. Throughout the world, research has consist...
The Human Rights Costs of the War on Drugs [28-02-12]	The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU), together with Transform Drug Policy Foundation, were among the NGOs launching the Count the Costs campaign...
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