Move to make limited drug possession illegal takes root

Peru Interior Minister Octavio Salazar Miranda announced Thursday that he is drafting a bill which aims to nullify the Peruvian Penal Code’s provision barring the prosecution of simple drug use or possession. By allowing Peruvians to posses or use a minimal quantity of drugs, we implicitly encourage the micro-commercialization of drugs in our society, argued [...]

New strategies and new markets: narcotics trafficking changes directions

By Alejandro Vassilaqui Executive director of the Information and Education Center for the Prevention of Drug Abuse (CEDRO) Translated and reprinted from the opinion page of El Comercio. Times change and so too does drug trafficking, to its advantage. It has the capacity to adjust to change with all the speed required for effective marketing. [...]