The UN drug control system has been known for its audacious goals to significantly reduce, or even eradicate, the global drug market, as illustrated by the drug-free target of the second UNGASS in 1998. But much has changed since then. At the 4th Intersessional Meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), experts discussed how the United Nations’ language on drugs has evolved since the first UNGASS in 1990. Interested in learning more?

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For years, TNI has dedicated a large share of its work on drug control policies to issues surrounding crop cultivation and alternative development. The programme works closely with producers of cannabis, opium, and coca, and their representatives and family members, all of whose voices are often excluded from policy making arenas. Want to stay up to date on our research and advocacy work on the subject?  

Despite Paraguay’s important role as a supplier of cannabis in South America, there has been a surprising absence of serious studies of its impact on its own society and its neighbouring countries. Last week, TNI Drugs and Democracy programme coordinator Pien Metaal travelled to Paraguay to discuss the topic with local experts and researchers, highlighting key results from our report on the subject.