Posts Tagged ‘Drogas’
Is Spraying Addictive?
Instead of once again spraying illegal crops, the government should rethink this issue and ask itself it has not fallen in to a very harmful addition. Pathological additions generate a growing need to consumer more substances that produce the desired effect less and less, and instead cause greater harm. But because of their dependence, the addict continues to consume at a great cost.
Read MorePrison laws and Drugs: Any changes?
A few days ago, the new Prison Law came into force with the goal of reducing the structural problems of the prison system.
Read MoreDrug Policy and Human Rights
As the drug policy debate becomes more open and vigorous, especially in Latin America, there have been increasing calls to make respect for human rights the central concern in designing and implementing drug policies.
Read MoreThe Country of the Eternal Party
The long national hangover caused by the end of the singer Diomedes´ eternal party continues to elicit different opinions. Most people go along with the idea that the dead can never be bad, as the a verse of one of the Cacique’s songs says. Others, like Cecilia Orozco, remember the deceased as a condemned murder, a fugitive of justice and protected by the paramilitaries.
Read MoreWho is the Drug Pirate?
The president of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Raymond Yans, accused Uruguay of piracy for approving home-grown marihuana and its legal, but highly regulated, commercial distribution.
Read MoreThe Statue of Liberty… Chained
The Statue of Liberty has traditionally been a symbol for immigrants to the United States, representing their arrival to a free country. But considering how rapidly the prison population has grown, the Statue of Liberty should now be displayed in chains.
Read MoreThinking of the Issue of Drugs Alongside the Peace Process
Now that the different peaces and post-conflict scenarios in Colombia are being discussed, it is crucial to include the problem of illicit drug prosecutions in the debate. From what perspectives should we approach this problem so that we don’t make the same mistakes of the past?
Read MoreWomen, Drugs and Prisons
Crimes related to drugs have been “feminized” in Colombia. By analyzing the composition of the prison population, it is evident that most of the women imprisoned are there because of these types of crimes, and the percentages seem to be increasing.
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