Latin America

The war on drugs has failed. Now what?

A police officer stands next to confiscated sacks of cocaine at the port of Las Palmas, in Spain's Canary Islands, July 26 2005.

The drug war has been a disaster, but it's not too late to turn things around. Image: REUTERS/Juan Medina

Ilona Szabó de Carvalho
Co-founder and President, Igarape Institute
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