Bolsonaro’s potential drug policies are ideologically rooted in broader social bigotry. He has a long track record of advocating a military dictatorship, publicly disparaging women, gay people and Afro-Brazilian and indigenous communities.
Without formal international coordination and the growing role of for-profit companies in the market, legal regulation risks leaving small farmers behind.
The report finds that, despite loud declarations made by the international community in 2009, the past ten years has seen big rises in the scale of illegal markets, and the harms that they cause to individuals and communities.
Whilst a "compassionate" clause would protect terminally ill patients until regulations are in force, most patients will find themselves liable to penalties.
The selected candidate will help us enhance IDPC’s visibility by helping our communications work, and providing some research and administrative support to our small team of advocates.