Author Event: A Secret History of Coffee, Coca & Cola
Featured with SanhoTree of IPS and Coletta Youngers of WOLA, The Institute for Policy Studies and Teaching for Change’s Busboys and Poets Bookstore, welcomes Ricardo Cortes to discuss and sign his new book.
Our Unscientific Drug Control Regime
International standards for drug control are increasingly unscientific and deleterious.
FILM: Leaving La Floresta
IPS’ Drug Policy Project joins Give Us Names for the DC public premier of thier compelling new film, Leaving La Floresta and you’re invited. Leaving La Floresta is a documentary that chronicles the forced displacement of one Colombian family.
A Peaceful End to the War on Drugs?
The international war on drugs isn’t stopping drug use or trafficking — but it is ruining lives. Drug policy expert Sanho Tree on what we can do differently.
U.S. Renews Anachronistic Campaign to Stamp Out Coca Leaf Chewing
Washington hues to 50-year-old convention for abolishing a centuries-old indigenous practice.
What Impact Will Drug War Nationalization Have in Bolivia?
As the new policies take shape, Washington must understand that being tough is not the same as being effective.
Will Illicit Crop Cultivation Decline Amid Rising Food Prices?
Probably not.