Dr. Thereza Cristina Coitinho das Neves holds a PhD in Law (2021) and a Master’s in Criminal Law (2012) from the University of Salamanca. She has conducted research at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Germany and at the University of Buenos Aires under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni. A member of the European Society of Criminology since 2014, she also attended the Summer School in Criminal Sciences and German Criminal Law Dogmatics at the University of Göttingen in 2013. Dr. Neves has presented lectures internationally and authored numerous academic publications in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Her work focuses on criminal sciences, with a particular emphasis on drug policy and its implications within legal and political systems. Her research engages with comparative and critical approaches to drug criminalization in Latin America and beyond.

• Chapter 1. Drugs: A Universal Social Practice.- Chapter 2. Illicit Drugs: When and Why Certain Substances Became the Object of Criminal Intervention.- Chapter 3. Illegitimacy of the Prohibitionist Criminal Policy.- Chapter 4. Portraits of the Criminal Prohibition of Drugs.- Chapter 5.  In Search of a New Drug Policy: Alternatives and Experiences.- Chapter 6. Towards Regulation.- Chapter 7. Conclusions.

Dr. Thereza Cristina Coitinho das Neves holds a PhD in Law (2021) and a Master’s in Criminal Law (2012) from the University of Salamanca. She has conducted research at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Germany and at the University of Buenos Aires under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni. A member of the European Society of Criminology since 2014, she also attended the Summer School in Criminal Sciences and German Criminal Law Dogmatics at the University of Göttingen in 2013. Dr. Neves has presented lectures internationally and authored numerous academic publications in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Her work focuses on criminal sciences, with a particular emphasis on drug policy and its implications within legal and political systems. Her research engages with comparative and critical approaches to drug criminalization in Latin America and beyond.

• Chapter 1. Drugs: A Universal Social Practice.- Chapter 2. Illicit Drugs: When and Why Certain Substances Became the Object of Criminal Intervention.- Chapter 3. Illegitimacy of the Prohibitionist Criminal Policy.- Chapter 4. Portraits of the Criminal Prohibition of Drugs.- Chapter 5.  In Search of a New Drug Policy: Alternatives and Experiences.- Chapter 6. Towards Regulation.- Chapter 7. Conclusions.

Dr. Thereza Cristina Coitinho das Neves holds a PhD in Law (2021) and a Master’s in Criminal Law (2012) from the University of Salamanca. She has conducted research at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Germany and at the University of Buenos Aires under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni. A member of the European Society of Criminology since 2014, she also attended the Summer School in Criminal Sciences and German Criminal Law Dogmatics at the University of Göttingen in 2013. Dr. Neves has presented lectures internationally and authored numerous academic publications in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Her work focuses on criminal sciences, with a particular emphasis on drug policy and its implications within legal and political systems. Her research engages with comparative and critical approaches to drug criminalization in Latin America and beyond.

• Chapter 1. Drugs: A Universal Social Practice.- Chapter 2. Illicit Drugs: When and Why Certain Substances Became the Object of Criminal Intervention.- Chapter 3. Illegitimacy of the Prohibitionist Criminal Policy.- Chapter 4. Portraits of the Criminal Prohibition of Drugs.- Chapter 5.  In Search of a New Drug Policy: Alternatives and Experiences.- Chapter 6. Towards Regulation.- Chapter 7. Conclusions.