Articles by Coletta A. Youngers and John M. Walsh

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DRUG DECRIMINALIZATION: A TREND TAKES SHAPE
Coletta A. Youngers and John M. Walsh, 28 Oct 2009

Latin American frustration with the “war on drugs” is growing. Harsh anti-drug laws have failed to stem apparently rising drug use, and incarceration rates are climbing—up 40 percent on average in Mexico and South America over the last decade—with more drug users and low-level dealers behind bars. But high-level drug traffickers carry on with impunity. […]

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