Brazil

Tue, 18 May 2010 09:15:55 +0000

Overview of drug laws and legislative trends in Brazil. Trend Brazil is debating reform of current drug legislation. Changes to the Criminal Code are being discussed in Senate and the debate includes ...

Ten years of drug policy failure in Brazil

Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:18:59 +0000

Ten years ago this week, Brazil passed a law intended to distinguish dangerous drug traffickers from simple drug users. By replacing jail sentences for users of any illegal drug with penalties such a ...

What can be learned from Brazil’s “pacification” police model?

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 14:27:16 +0000

When national and local public safety personnel in Latin America want to turn away from “mano dura” approaches to the problem of alarmingly high rates of crime and violence, they frequently look to e ...

The interplay between drug-use behaviors, settings, and access to care

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:39:05 +0000

Despite the growing attention surrounding crack cocaine use in Brazil, little is understood about crack users’ histories, use patterns and the interplay of drug-use behaviors, settings, and access/ba ...

Drug policy and incarceration in São Paulo, Brazil

Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:14:50 +0000

This briefing paper analyses the impact of drug policy on incarceration in São Paulo (Brazil), based on information collected among 1,040 people caught for having committed a drug-related offence (i. ...

Crack cocaine users: New data from Brazil

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:19:40 +0000

Last September, the Brazilian Ministries of Health and Justice presented data of two key surveys – “Estimated number of crack and similar drug users in capital cities of the country" and "Profile of ...

UN concerned by arbitrary arrests in Brazil

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:39:48 +0000

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention voiced concern about the rising number of arbitrary arrests in Brazil, which has one of the highest prison populations in the world with around ...

Drugs and prisons in Brazil

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:13:54 +0000

In Brazil, possession of drugs for personal consumption is punished with educational measures and community service, not prison. In this video, a young man tells of the disparity in sentencing betwee ...

Drug Laws and Prisons in Brazil

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:35:50 +0000

The number of people imprisoned for drug offenses in Brazil has increased over the last 20 years, but this has not affected the availability or consumption of drugs. The study also shows that those w ...

Crack untamed: treat users, kill the market

Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Brazil will soon have a special police task force targeting crack-cocaine. Meanwhile, the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais proposes its own drug fighting alternatives to address crack on the domestic ...

Too many in jail for drugs offenses in Brazil

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The Ministry of Justice in Brazil announced the results of research that show that there are too many people behind bars in Brazil for drug trafficking. The Ministry subsequently recommended a review ...

Setting sights on future of drug policy

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Participants of the Seminar "Drugs Policies: Progresses and Retrocessions", held in Rio de Janeiro by Viva Rio and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, recommend drug policy based on respect for ...

Tráfico de drogas e Constituição

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

This study commissioned by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice underlines the disparity that exists between the depenalization of drug use and the increased penalization of selling drugs that resulted ...