Excessive alcoholism amongst youths in public spaces: the mobilisation of...
The European and French Forums for Urban Security are organising, in partnership with the city of Nantes , a European conference called “Excessive alcoholism amongst youths in public spaces: the...
View ArticleLaunch of the mapping of internationally-funded citizen security projects in...
Washington Office on Latin America and the Inter-American Development Bank have launched the Mapping of Internationally-Funded Citizen Security Projects in Central America, a project that tracks and...
View ArticleObama cuts funds to combat Colombia's drug trade
Obama called on U.S. Congress to earmark $319 million to combat the drug trade in Colombia, a reduction from the current fiscal year's spending which stands at $328.5 million.U.S. spending on the "war...
View ArticleBrighton plans safe rooms for injecting drug users
Brighton is set to be the first British city to offer official "drug consumption rooms" where addicts can use heroin, crack and cocaine under supervision without fear of prosecution. The city's public...
View ArticleDon’t cop out: How to police the drug trade
A new report considers how police forces can balance these challenges. From Boston to Brazil, the briefing paper, “Focused deterrence, selective targeting, drug trafficking and organised crime:...
View ArticleCount the costs: Undermining development and security, fuelling conflict
The war on drugs is actively undermining development and security in many of the world's most fragile regions and states.Drug traffickers can be more confident of a reliable, cheap supply of coca leaf,...
View ArticleReel Lives: Madness, addiction, and crime in Canada
Join us for a critical dialogue about depictions of madness, addiction and crime in Canadian documentary films. The event is free but seating is limited. RSVP by Fri. May 3 to daliav@sfu.ca.With...
View ArticleU.S. role at a crossroads in Mexico’s intelligence war on the cartels
For the past seven years, Mexico and the United States have put aside their tension-filled history on security matters to forge an unparalleled alliance against Mexico’s drug cartels, one based on...
View ArticleOver 140 groups call on Obama and Mesoamerican leaders to tackle root causes...
Ruth Isabel RoblesAs President Obama prepares to sit down for meetings with President Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico and other fellow elected leaders from the Americas at the Summit of the Central...
View ArticleOAS Report - Scenarios for the drug problem in the Americas 2013-2025
The Summit of Heads of State and Governments in Cartagena gave the Organisation of American States a mandate to produce two documents: an analytical reports to look at current trends, best practices,...
View ArticleGetting to tomorrow: A report on Canadian drug policy
The report documents the failing role that current federal drug policies play in supporting safety and health and draws attention to the acute need for an improved system of supports for people who use...
View ArticleAmnesty International: Mexico 'failing to tackle disappearances'
"Disappearances in Mexico have become commonplace because federal and state authorities have tolerated and refused to clamp down on them," Amnesty says in a new report.Official figures say 26,000...
View ArticleThailand war on drugs failure
Drug trafficking in the so-called Golden Triangle region of Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand is an evolving threat. A China-led anti-drug campaign in the three countries has helped stem the surging drug...
View ArticleGuinea-Bissau and the South Atlantic cocaine trade
Since the April 2012 military coup d’état that ended civilian rule in Guinea-Bissau, this small, Portuguese-speaking country in West Africa has quietly become what some experts have termed Africa’s...
View ArticleLatin America awakes: A review of the new drug policy debate
Latin America is confronted with astonishing levels of organised and interpersonal violence, much of it connected to illicit narcotics production and trafficking and the so-called “war on drugs”. There...
View ArticleDrugs, Security and Democracy Fellowship 2014: Now accepting applications.
ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIPThe Drugs, Security and Democracy fellowship program supports research on drugs, citizen security and democratic governance, with a goal of producing evidence-based knowledge and...
View ArticleDrug policy reform parliamentary seminar: Perspectives from Latin America,...
The BGIPU hosted a seminar in Westminster on Drug Policy Reform from 28 to 30 October. Around 50 members from 30 parliaments from Latin American, West African and Europe attended along with a range of...
View ArticleOne year into the Enrique Peña Nieto administration
By Maureen Meyer and Clay BoggsWhen he became president, Enrique Peña Nieto said that his administration would focus on reducing violence and the crimes that most affect the general population. He also...
View ArticleTelling the story of drugs in West Africa: The newest front in a losing war?
The response of national governments to illicit drugs is a challenging area of public policy for many reasons. In most countries it is an extremely politicised domain in which repressive policy...
View ArticleShifts in cultivation, usage put Bolivia’s coca policy at the crossroads
The violence that erupted during a coca eradication campaign in Apolo, Bolivia, in October was sadly reminiscent of the violence and conflict that characterized the “zero coca” policies of previous...
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