Justice Ministry figures show a significant amount of court time is taken up by minor drug cases, with nearly as many people imprisoned for possessing a small quantity of cannabis as for dealing.
The course will enhance participants' overall knowledge of drug policy and the different policy options that exist, regional case studies and current trends in policy reform.
The idea to provide employment services was born when the organisation started thinking how to improve the quality of life of people using drugs, who often do not have good income.
The United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Canada notified their objections to Bolivia's re-accession to the 1961 UN Single Convention with a reservation on coca chewing.
A new report suggests that Bolivia's drug policy is working, with a significant drop in coca plantings and without the violence associated with many aspects of the US war on drugs.
A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that distribution of naloxone to one in five heroin users in the United States could prevent as many as 43,000 deaths.
The international seminar, Health and Drug Policies: It’s Time to Change, hold on December 17th focussed, among others, on the need to integrate Health into the debate of drugs.