Duterte’s Extrajudicial Killings Will Only Make the Philippines’ Drug Problem Worse
Ramping up the risk premium through harsher tactics only makes drug trafficking more profitable, IPS drug policy expert Sanho Tree told CCTV.
Free Trade Agreements Have Exacerbated a Humanitarian Crisis in Central America
Proposals like the Alliance for Prosperity Plan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership will only accelerate a race to the bottom for families in the Northern triangle of Latin America, Manuel Perez-Rocha said at the AFL-CIO conference on U.S. trade policy.
The Global Consensus on Drugs is “Shattered”
Drug policy expert Sanho Tree tells CCTV that two different worlds are developing. While the Americas are moving towards legalization, other countries are clamping down harder on drug laws.
How the U.S.-Led War on Drugs Ravaged Central America
IPS drug policy expert Sanho Tree says strategies to address underlying drivers, including inequality and systemic lack of opportunities in Central America, is key to developing alternatives to the war on drugs.
Demilitarization, Disarmament, Drugs, and Diplomacy of the Decade
Join IPS foreign policy experts in discussing how the U.S. can move from a state of perpetual war, to a more peaceful internationalism.
What’s Being Done to End the War on Drugs? Live Chat Recap.
IPS’ drug policy expert answers questions about the drug war in a live chat in New Zealand
Let’s Put Prison Sentences on Probation
Judges share the blame for America’s burgeoning incarcerated population.
Correcting Unfair Sentencing Laws
The government should stop locking up nonviolent drug offenders for decades.
How America’s War On Drugs Unintentionally Aids Mexican Drug Cartels
U.S. drug policy has been an “excerise in futility”
All Hacked Up
The Justice Department should stop targeting hardworking Americans and start protecting us from actual threats.
Re-entering Society — and the Voting Booth
Nearly three dozen states restrict felons from voting even after they’ve served their time.
Crackdowns Not Effective Against Global Drug Trafficking
The war on drugs “turns relatively cheap products into something worth more then their weight in gold,” says Sanho Tree on CCTV America.
Uruguay’s Legalization of Marijuana
CCTV interviews Sanho Tree, drug policy expert, on Uruguay’s “historic and counterintuitive” decision to be the first country in the world to legalize the production and sale of marijuana.
Views Roundup with IPS – Immigration Reform, Trayvon Martin, Inequality, Edward Snowden, more
A weekly roundup of what IPS personalities are talking about.