Luciana Boiteux de Figueiredo Rodrigues is a Doctor of Criminal Law, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Criminal Law at the Federal University of Río de Janeiro. She is the coordinator of the Policy Research Group on Drugs and Human Rights at the same university. She also works with the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on Psychoactive Drugs (Núcleo de Estudios Interdisciplinares sobre Psicoativos, NEIP) at the University of Sao Paolo.
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Cannabis social clubs are noncommercial organisations of users who cultivate and distribute enough cannabis to meet their personal needs without having to turn to the black market.
In 2011 the 1961 UN Single Convention on drugs will be in place for 50 years. In 2012 the international drug control system will exist 100 years since the International Opium Convention was signed in 1912 in The Hague. Does it still serve its purpose or is a reform of the UN Drug Conventions needed? This site provides critical background.
