Resumen de Winding down the war on drugs

Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno

• The article focuses on the international policy on illicit drug trade. Topics discussed include the link between organized crime and drug trade, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), criminalization of drug use, possession and distribution, and implications of the legalization of marijuana use in the several U.S. states and Uruguay. Also mentioned are alternative ways of dealing with global drug policy.