Mexico looks to legalisation as drug war murders hit 28,000
[04.08.2010]
Mexico's president, Felipe Calderón, has joined calls for a debate on the legalisation of drugs as new figures show thousands of Mexicans every year ...
Insistir en el enfoque represivo en la lucha contra el narco, inefectivo
[01.08.2010]
Mientras la estrategia para combatir el narcotráfico se centre en las acciones bélicas, la guerra en contra de este ilícito continuará por décadas si ...
Drug Laws and Prison in Mexico
[02.07.2010]
Over the years, the Mexican government has adopted increasingly heavy prison sentences and militarized drug policies to confront drug trafficking. Th ...
Banks financing Mexico gangs admitted in Wells Fargo deal
[28.06.2010]
Wachovia made a habit of helping move money for Mexican drug smugglers. Wells Fargo & Co., which bought Wachovia in 2008, has admitted that its unit f ...
Argentina and Mexico clash with the INCB
[31.03.2010]
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna in March 2010 was a rather uneventful event. One of the most controversial issues were the comments ...
US waves white flag in disastrous 'war on drugs'
[16.01.2010]
After 40 years of defeat and failure, America's "war on drugs" is being buried in the same fashion as it was born – amid bloodshed, confusion, corrup ...
Mexico: The Law Against Small-Scale Drug Dealing
[01.10.2009]
In August 2009, Mexico adopted a new law against small-scale drug dealing, which introduces some significant advances in key subjects, such as the re ...
Stepping away from the darkness
[01.09.2009]
The experiences of countries that have decriminalised drugs show that fears of explosions in drugs use are unfounded.
Mexico decriminalizes small amounts of drugs
[27.08.2009]
Last week, the Mexican government announced that it will no longer jail users of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin. Other countries in t ...
Full scope on the War on Drugs
[30.04.1998]
An elderly cleaning lady enters the huge empty UN aula in New York with her polishing cart, to get the venue spic-and-span for an important upcoming ...
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