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| Drug Law Reform in Ecuador | In Ecuador, the Correa government’s comprehensive justice sector reform project includes significant changes in drug legislation. The country has one ... |
| Drug Laws and Prison in Ecuador | Ecuador has one of the harshest drug laws in the hemisphere. A non-violent drug offender can receive the same sentence, sometimes even... |
| Drug Laws and Prisons in Ecuador | Ecuador was never a significant center of production or traffic of illicit drugs; nor has it ever experienced the social convulsions that can result f... |
| Drug Policy in the Andes | Fifty years after signing the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and 40 years after the U.S. government declared a "war on drugs,... |
| Ecuador | Overview of drug laws and legislative trends in Ecuador. Trend In 2008, the Constitutional Assembly of Ecuador approved an amnesty for ‘drug mules’... |
| Ecuador to Debate Decriminalization | Proposed changes to Ecuador's penal code would decriminalize possession of drugs for personal use, including up to 10 grams of marijuana and ha... |
| Pardon for Mules in Ecuador | At the end of 2008, about 1,500 persons were released who were in Ecuadorian prisons sentenced for drug trafficking. The measure, known as “pardon for... |
| The Case of Ecuador | Ecuador has one of the most severe and unfair drug laws of all the countries included in Systems Overload: Drug Laws and Prisons in Latin America, a c... |
| The Real Meaning of Thousands Arrested on Drug Charges | On September 29, 2010 the Associated Press (AP) published an article entitled Ecuador: Almost 3,000 Detained for Narco-Trafficking in Eight Months. Th... |
| US waves white flag in disastrous 'war on drugs' | After 40 years of defeat and failure, America's "war on drugs" is being buried in the same fashion as it was born – amid bloodshed, con... |
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