Source: The Toronto Star 23 January 2011 By Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former president of Brazil (1995-2002), co-chair of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy.
WORLD LEADERS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO END DRUG WAR
Source: France 24.com 24 January 2011
THE COSTS OF DRUG PROHIBITION
Source: The Economist 20 January 2011 Let Them Chew Coca
MOROCCO: CANNABIS FIELDS TORCHED
Source: Global Post January 23, 2011 By Aida Alami Farmers in Morocco struggle as government halts marijuana cultivation, a key crop
US OBJECTS TO BOLIVIA BID FOR LICIT COCA-CHEWING
Source: Associated Press January 18 2011 By FRANK BAJAK
STORM IN AN ANDEAN TEA CUP
Source: The Economist January 20th 2011
U.S.’S REAL MOTIVES FOR LAUNCHING A DRUG WAR IN MEXICO
The following is an excerpt from James Cockcroft’s new book, Mexico’s Revolution: Then and Now (Monthly Review Press, 2010).
DIPLOMATIC GAMES TO MAINTAIN BAN ON COCA CHEWING
Source: Transnational Institute By Tom Blickman 16 january 2011
AIDE-MEMOIRE ON THE BOLIVIAN PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE SINGLE CONVENTION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS OF 1961
Source: Government of Bolivia
MEXICAN DRUG WAR KILLS MORE PEOPLE THAN WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
Source: Alternet By Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle January 14, 2011