Drugs and the Law

The Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law (CEDD)

2012-10-04T13:57:40+00:00

The Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law (Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho, CEDD) brings together researchers from seven Latin American countries with the goal of analyzing the impact of cr ...

People deprived of their liberty for drug offenses: The social costs of drug policy

2015-11-10T14:14:35+00:00

The Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law (Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho, CEDD) released a series of new studies showing that despite the current debate in Latin America on the need to re ...

In Search of Rights

2014-07-09T08:15:13+00:00

The Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law (Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho, CEDD) has published a new study that assesses state responses to illicitly-used drugs in eight countries in Latin ...

Addicted to punishment

2013-04-11T11:31:49+00:00

Over the past several decades, Latin America has seen penalties for drug crimes—even low-level selling—skyrocket. And in many Latin American countries, non-violent drug offenses receive significantly ...

Addicted to punishment

2013-01-11T11:54:32+00:00

In Latin America, trafficking cocaine so it can be sold to someone who wants to use it is more serious than raping a woman or deliberately killing your neighbor. While it may seem incredible, that is ...

Disproportionate penalties for drug offenses in Mexico

2012-11-14T10:53:37+00:00

The story of the Mexican drug war has generally focused on the violence perpetrated by drug cartels and the apparent inability to bring so many criminals to justice. Unfortunately—while it’s true man ...