International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking June 26 2009 A call for a more humanitarian drug policies in Latin America This is the day in which the international community mobilizes on behalf of drugs problems. We call attention to the inefficacy of the drug control policies to counteract illicit drugs traffic, as well as the harmful effects that those policies have, particularly within the feeblest links in the chain of drug traffic (drug users, “mules”, urban communities subjected to the organized crime and rural population involved in the cultivation process) who disproportionately suffer the consequences. The successive economic and political crises, as well as the misery and huge social disparities in Latin America, led to the lack of access to health care, educational, and social services. This situation is especially grave for impoverished drug users. The forced eradication of cultivations without economic, social and cultural sustainable alternatives increases the poverty of small producers. The stigma and discrimination suffered by drug users and agricultural workers add more troubles, as well as the penal system’s intervention, induced by the criminalizing legislation that follows the “war on drugs” predominant approach in the region. For all these reasons, we appeal to the governments, multilateral agencies and civil society in Latin America, to consider a more humanitarian approach of drug policies for the region, founded in the full respect of human rights principles. THIS CALL IS SUPPORTED BY: Organization
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1. Federico Abuelo Civil Association
Argentina
2. Cordoba NGOs working in HIV/AIDS Network
Argentina
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3. Drug Policies Forum
Argentina
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4. Aylén Foundation
Argentina
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5. CITIDAD Foundation
Argentina
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6. El Emilio Foundation
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Argentina
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7. Proyecto Cambio Foundation
Argentina
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8. Argentina Women Group
Argentina
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9. Intercambios Civil Association
Argentina
10. Kiosco Juvenil
Argentina
11. Program Andrés Rosario
Argentina
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12. S.Se.R en el Sur
Argentina
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13. Prevention and Assistance Unit Bahía Blanca
Argentina
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14. Bolivian Observatory on Drugs
Bolivia
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15. Brazilian Harm Reduction Association (ABORDA)
Brazil
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16. Association Lua Nova
Brazil
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17. KOINONIA – Ecumenical Presence and Service Brazil
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18. Psicotropicus
Brazil
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19. Brazilian Harm Reduction and Human Rights Network (REDUC)
Brazil
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20. Pernambucan Harm Reduction Network
Brazil
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21. Viva Rio
Brazil
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22. Accion Andina
Colombia
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23. Centre for Research and Assistance to Drug Users (CIAF)
Colombia
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24. CONSENTIDOS Corporation
Colombia
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25. VIVIENDO Corporation
Colombia
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26. Henry Ardila Foundation
Colombia
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27. Procrear Foundation
Colombia
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28. NGOs working in hiv/aids Network
Colombia
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29. Training Centre RECOISS
Costa Rica
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30. Ancora Corporation
Chile
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31. Programa La Caleta Corporation
Chile
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32. Chilean Harm Reduction Network
Chile
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33. Training Centre PASSOS
El Salvador
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34. Educational and Community Responses Centre A. C. (CRECE)
Mexico
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35. Group for a Comprehensive Policy towards
Drugs (CuPIhD)
Mexico
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36. Espolea A. C.
México
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37. Program Compañeros A. C.
Mexico
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38. ICW Panama – PROBIDSIDA Foundation
Panama
39. Archdiocese Social Teaching
Panama
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40. Centre for the Study of Youth Economical and Social Problems (CEPESJU)
Peru
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41. Research Centre Drugs and Human Rights
Peru
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42. Sustainable Rural Development/DRIS
Peru
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43. Program ANDA
Peru
44. Foundation Guachupita United Youth Network (FURJUG)
Dominican Rep.
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45. ENCARE Civil Association
Uruguay
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46. Institute for Research and Development (IDES)
Uruguay
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