Beatriz Caiuby Labate, is Professor at the Center for Research and Post Graduate Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS), in Guadalajara, and Visiting Professor at the Drug Policy Program of the Center for Economic Research and Education (CIDE), in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Clancy Cavnar works at a dual diagnosis residential drug treatment center in San Francisco and is a research associate of the Nucleus for Interdisciplinary Studies of Psychoactives (NEIP).Thiago Rodrigues is Full Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Strategic Studies of the Fluminense Federal University, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• Coletta A. Youngers, Foreword: From Drug Prohibition to Reform.- Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Clancy Cavnar and Thiago Rodrigues, Introduction: Drugs and Politics in the Americas: A Laboratory for Analysis.- Thiago Rodrigues and Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Prohibition and the War on Drugs in the Americas: An Analytical Approach.- Benjamin T. Smith, Public Drug Policy and Grey Zone Pacts in Mexico, 1920-1980.- Amanda Feilding and Juan Fernández Ochoa, Drug Policy in Guatemala: Constraints and Opportunities.- Ana Isabel Jácome and Carla Alvarez Velasco, Ecuador: The Evolution of Drug Policies in the Middle of the World.- Rodrigo Uprimny and Diana Esther Guzmán, Seeking Alternatives to Repression: Drug Policies and the Rule of Law in Colombia.- Andrés Antillano, Verónica Zubillaga and Keymer Ávila, Revolution and Counter-Reform: The Paradoxes of Drug Policy in Bolivarian Venezuela.- Aldo F. Ponce, From Freedomto Repression and Violence: The Evolution of Drug Policy in Peru.- Thomas Grisaffi, Social Control in Bolivia: A Humane Alternative to the Forced Eradication of Coca Crops.- R. Alejandro Corda and Diana Rossi, History and Changes of the Drug Policy in Argentina.- Thiago Rodrigues and Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Brazilian Drug Policy: Tension Between Repression and Alternatives.- Guillermo Garat, Uruguay: A Way to Regulate the Cannabis Market.- Jahlani A. H. Niaah, Ganja Terrorism and the Healing of the Nation.- Steve Rolles, From Drug War to Policy Reform: Implications of US Drug Strategy for Latin America.

Beatriz Caiuby Labate, is Professor at the Center for Research and Post Graduate Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS), in Guadalajara, and Visiting Professor at the Drug Policy Program of the Center for Economic Research and Education (CIDE), in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Clancy Cavnar works at a dual diagnosis residential drug treatment center in San Francisco and is a research associate of the Nucleus for Interdisciplinary Studies of Psychoactives (NEIP).Thiago Rodrigues is Full Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Strategic Studies of the Fluminense Federal University, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• Coletta A. Youngers, Foreword: From Drug Prohibition to Reform.- Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Clancy Cavnar and Thiago Rodrigues, Introduction: Drugs and Politics in the Americas: A Laboratory for Analysis.- Thiago Rodrigues and Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Prohibition and the War on Drugs in the Americas: An Analytical Approach.- Benjamin T. Smith, Public Drug Policy and Grey Zone Pacts in Mexico, 1920-1980.- Amanda Feilding and Juan Fernández Ochoa, Drug Policy in Guatemala: Constraints and Opportunities.- Ana Isabel Jácome and Carla Alvarez Velasco, Ecuador: The Evolution of Drug Policies in the Middle of the World.- Rodrigo Uprimny and Diana Esther Guzmán, Seeking Alternatives to Repression: Drug Policies and the Rule of Law in Colombia.- Andrés Antillano, Verónica Zubillaga and Keymer Ávila, Revolution and Counter-Reform: The Paradoxes of Drug Policy in Bolivarian Venezuela.- Aldo F. Ponce, From Freedomto Repression and Violence: The Evolution of Drug Policy in Peru.- Thomas Grisaffi, Social Control in Bolivia: A Humane Alternative to the Forced Eradication of Coca Crops.- R. Alejandro Corda and Diana Rossi, History and Changes of the Drug Policy in Argentina.- Thiago Rodrigues and Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Brazilian Drug Policy: Tension Between Repression and Alternatives.- Guillermo Garat, Uruguay: A Way to Regulate the Cannabis Market.- Jahlani A. H. Niaah, Ganja Terrorism and the Healing of the Nation.- Steve Rolles, From Drug War to Policy Reform: Implications of US Drug Strategy for Latin America.

Beatriz Caiuby Labate, is Professor at the Center for Research and Post Graduate Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS), in Guadalajara, and Visiting Professor at the Drug Policy Program of the Center for Economic Research and Education (CIDE), in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Clancy Cavnar works at a dual diagnosis residential drug treatment center in San Francisco and is a research associate of the Nucleus for Interdisciplinary Studies of Psychoactives (NEIP).Thiago Rodrigues is Full Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Strategic Studies of the Fluminense Federal University, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• Coletta A. Youngers, Foreword: From Drug Prohibition to Reform.- Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Clancy Cavnar and Thiago Rodrigues, Introduction: Drugs and Politics in the Americas: A Laboratory for Analysis.- Thiago Rodrigues and Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Prohibition and the War on Drugs in the Americas: An Analytical Approach.- Benjamin T. Smith, Public Drug Policy and Grey Zone Pacts in Mexico, 1920-1980.- Amanda Feilding and Juan Fernández Ochoa, Drug Policy in Guatemala: Constraints and Opportunities.- Ana Isabel Jácome and Carla Alvarez Velasco, Ecuador: The Evolution of Drug Policies in the Middle of the World.- Rodrigo Uprimny and Diana Esther Guzmán, Seeking Alternatives to Repression: Drug Policies and the Rule of Law in Colombia.- Andrés Antillano, Verónica Zubillaga and Keymer Ávila, Revolution and Counter-Reform: The Paradoxes of Drug Policy in Bolivarian Venezuela.- Aldo F. Ponce, From Freedomto Repression and Violence: The Evolution of Drug Policy in Peru.- Thomas Grisaffi, Social Control in Bolivia: A Humane Alternative to the Forced Eradication of Coca Crops.- R. Alejandro Corda and Diana Rossi, History and Changes of the Drug Policy in Argentina.- Thiago Rodrigues and Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Brazilian Drug Policy: Tension Between Repression and Alternatives.- Guillermo Garat, Uruguay: A Way to Regulate the Cannabis Market.- Jahlani A. H. Niaah, Ganja Terrorism and the Healing of the Nation.- Steve Rolles, From Drug War to Policy Reform: Implications of US Drug Strategy for Latin America.