12 April 2016
The paper is authored by
John Walsh a Senior Associate for Drug Policy and the Andes at the Washington Office on Latin America. His research focuses on the limits of supply-oriented drug policies and the extensive damage they cause. His work has contributed to the recent opening of the hemispheric debate over how to reform drug policy, including the incipient efforts to legalize and regulate cannabis markets.
Geoff Ramsey a Digital Communications Officer at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), supporting efforts to integrate digital/ social media strategies into WOLA’s campaigns and policy work across platforms. His prior work involved monitoring the politics around Uruguay’s 2013 drug policy reforms, where he lived for nearly two years, and he continues to produce periodic analyses of these at WOLA for a specialized audience of drug policy experts.
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