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Bolivia and the international drug control regime
A conversation with Martin Jelsma of the Transnational Institute
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Bolivia has denounced the International Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which bans the traditional practice of chewing coca leaf. Adam talks with Martin Jelsma, who coordinates the Drugs and Democracy Program at the Amsterdam-based Transnational Institute.
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Subscribe to WOLA's "Latin America Today" podcast via RSS or iTunes.See also Martin Jelsma's recent work on Bolivia and the international drug-control regime:
- "Treaty Guardians in Distress," at the undrugcontrol.info website, July 11, 2011.
- "Bolivia’s legal reconciliation with the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs" (PDF) International Drug Policy Consortium, July 2011.
- "Lifting the ban on coca chewing," TNI briefing paper, March 2011.
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