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RESHAPING HEMISPHERIC DRUG POLICY

The Dialogue and the CATO Institute co-host a roundtable discussion on Lessons from Colombia's War on Drugs.
Check out a video feature on the Dialogue's January 28 meeting of experts in Bogota at the Universidad de los Andes on sustaining Latin America's leadership on drug policy.
Dialogue experts address the OAS Summit mandate to study alternative drug policies in Piden a OEA analizar impacto legalizar marihuana and, Drugs: The Debate Goes Mainstream.

MARIJUANA REFORM

Sergio Abreu, Brad Hittle, Kimberly Covington, Peter Hakim & Ray Walser discuss, Should Governments Sell Street Drugs to Their Citizens?
Peter Hakim, and others discuss what what legalizing marijuana in the US could mean: CrossTalk on Drugs: Legally High?
Mario Vargas Llosa gives his thoughts on marijuana reform in La marihuana sale del armario.
Link TV presents the debate on, Legalizing Marijuana & The Drug War.

US DRUG POLICY

What is US Drug Policy?, hones in on key elements of current US drug policy, points out their strengths and weaknesses, and highlights specific areas for reform.
The Dialogue and the Beckley Foundation's 2011 report, Rethinking US Drug Policy, calls for a serious and far-reaching national debate on the costs of current US drug policies and a search for alternative strategies. Its analysis on data was cited in the 2012 US Senate Caucus for Narcotics Control report, "Reducing the US Demand for Illicit Drugs.

ABOUT

The Dialogue in partnership with the Open Society Institute (OSI), Beckley Foundation and the Alvaralice Foundation launched an initiative in 2008 designed to examine alternatives to current US drug policies in the hemisphere and promote debate between the US government and the region to explore multilateral cooperation, alternative rural development, and decriminalization.

STAFF

Peter Hakim, President Emeritus
Kim Covington, Program Associate

For more information, please contact Kim Covington at kcovington@thedialogue.org or (202) 463-2938.

ARTICLES & OPEDS

How Will the OAS Report Affect the Drug-Policy Debate? By Peter Hakim, Juan Carlos Hidalgo, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Latin America Advisor, May 31, 2013.
Time to Explore How to Regulate Drugs, by Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Cesar Gaviria, Ricardo Lagos and Ernesto Zedillo, Huffington Post, May 20, 2013.
Where is the Drug Policy Debate Headed Next? by Ray Walser, Peter Hakim, Kimberly Covington, Andrés Rozental, Latin America Advisor, November 16, 2012.
Should Governments Sell Street Drugs to Their Citizens?, by Sergio Abreu, Brad Hittle, Kimberly Covington, Peter Hakim & Ray Walser, Latin America Advisor, June 3, 2012.
La marihuana sale del armario, by Mario Vargas Llosa, La Republica, July 1, 2012.
The Right Place for a Drug Policy Debate, by Peter Hakim, El Espectador, March 13, 2012.
Replantear la política antidroga de EE UU by Peter Hakim, Política Exterior, September/October 2011.
"The US Needs a Drug Policy that Works Much Better," by Kim Covington, The Wall Street Journal, July 8, 2011.
Repensando la política de drogas de EE.UU. by Peter Hakim, El Espectador, March 6, 2011.
"Has the United States Failed to Adequately Fight Illegal Drugs?" by Barry R. McCaffrey, Andrés Rozental, Sanho Tree, The Latin America Advisor, March 2, 2011.
Rethinking US Drug Policy, by Peter Hakim, infolatam, January 2011.
El narco en la agenda bilateral, by Peter Hakim, El Universal (Mexico). March 28, 2009.