Drug Policies and the Politics of Drugs in the Americas

1. Introduction: Drugs and Politics in the Americas: A Laboratory for Analysis
Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Clancy Cavnar, Thiago Rodrigues

2. Prohibition and the War on Drugs in the Americas: An Analytical Approach
Thiago Rodrigues, Beatriz Caiuby Labate

3. Public Drug Policy and Grey Zone Pacts in Mexico, 1920–1980
Benjamin T. Smith

4. Drug Policy in Guatemala: Constraints and Opportunities
Amanda Feilding, Juan Fernández Ochoa

5. Ecuador: The Evolution of Drug Policies in the Middle of the World
Ana Isabel Jácome, Carla Alvarez Velasco

6. Seeking Alternatives to Repression: Drug Policies and the Rule of Law in Colombia
Rodrigo Uprimny, Diana Esther Guzmán

7. Revolution and Counter-Reform: The Paradoxes of Drug Policy in Bolivarian Venezuela
Andrés Antillano, Verónica Zubillaga, Keymer Ávila

8. From Freedom to Repression and Violence: The Evolution of Drug Policy in Peru
Aldo F. Ponce

9. Social Control in Bolivia: A Humane Alternative to the Forced Eradication of Coca Crops
Thomas Grisaffi

10. History and Changes of the Drug Policy in Argentina
R. Alejandro Corda, Diana Rossi

11. Brazilian Drug Policy: Tension Between Repression and Alternatives
Thiago Rodrigues, Beatriz Caiuby Labate

12. Uruguay: A Way to Regulate the Cannabis Market
Guillermo Garat

13. Ganja Terrorism and the Healing of the Nation
Jahlani A. H. Niaah

14. From Drug War to Policy Reform: Implications of US Drug Strategy for Latin America
Steve Rolles

Keywords: Law, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law, Comparative Politics, International Criminal Law, Psychopharmacology, Law and Psychology