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30 June 2014
Ecuador's pardon laws

Ecuador's pardon laws

Once the Constituent Assembly approved the pardon, 2,300 people were released, according to the Ecuadoran Public Defender’s Office. As of March 2010, the recidivism rate was under 1%.
27 June 2014
Contest the voice of the youth of the hemisphere

Contest the voice of the youth of the hemisphere

The OAS and the Government of the Republic of Guatemala launch the initiative "The Voice of the Youth of the Americas", a creative and complementary exchange that will allow the youth to compete with concrete proposals to find new approaches to the global drug problem.
27 June 2014
Reforming the global drug control system: The stakes for Washington

Reforming the global drug control system: The stakes for Washington

For Washington and the UN drug control bureaucracy, the extent to which the ongoing drug-control reforms across the Americas are pushing the boundaries of the global legal framework laid down in three UN drug-control conventions has become a delicate issue.
25 June 2014
Call for second injecting centre for Sydney

Call for second injecting centre for Sydney

A coalition of medical and drug experts is calling for a second supervised injecting centre to be opened in Sydney, after a spike in overdoses from heroin and similar drugs.
25 June 2014
Behind bars: Thai women pay high price for drugs

Behind bars: Thai women pay high price for drugs

Lured by easy money, an escape from poverty or family pressure, thousands of women are locked up for drug offences in Thailand, which has one of the world's highest rates of female imprisonment.