October 2012
Since 1909 the international community has worked to eradicate the abuse of narcotics. A century on, the efforts are widely acknowledged to have failed, and worse, have spurred black market violence and human rights abuses. How did this drug control system arise, why has it proven so durable in the face of failure, and is there hope for reform?
This IDEAS Special Report was launched at The Global Drug Wars| event.
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Contents:
Re-examining the Drug Problem Through a Fresh Lens|
Juan Manuel Santos, President of the Republic of Columbia
Executive Summary|
John Collins, Guest Editor
The International Drug Control System|
Reflections on a Century of International Drug Control|
William B. McAllister
Why We Make War on Some Drugs but not Others|
David T Courtwright
Science, Diplomacy and Cannabis|
James H. Mills
Appraising the Consequences of Policy|
Joseph F. Spillane
Latin America|
Paul Gootenberg
Switzerland|
Diane Steber Buechli and Ruth Dreifuss
The United Nations|
David R. Bewley-Taylor
Towards a Human Rights Framework|
Damon Barrett
Overhauling Oversight: Human Rights and the INCB|
Joanne Csete