U.S.-Mexico Futures Forum: After the War on Drugs in the Americas

U.S.-Mexico Futures Forum The goal of the U.S.-MEXICO FUTURES FORUM is to generate fresh perspectives on a critical set of issues that will be important for each country and central to their relationship. In collaboration with the International Studies Department at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), we will bring together scholars as well as social and political actors who will be shaping policies, ideas and U.S. Mexican relations in the future. Ethan Nadelmann -- “After the War on Drugs in the Americas” The last century has witnessed the construction of a global drug prohibition regime, promoted by the U.S., which relies heavily on the criminal justice system and other coercive institutions and mechanisms to try to reduce the use of forbidden substances. In the last few years, however, Europeans and Latin Americans have proposed reforming drug policy in ways that are more consistent with health, human rights and science. Nadelmann will discuss possibilities for international drug control policy that focus on reducing the harmful effects of both drug misuse and failed prohibitionist policies, with their often violent consequences.