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Brazil’s drug policy is desperately lacking — but not because the UN says so

Brazil ranked dead last in a study analyzing drug policies in 30 countries. However, while Brazil's approach to drugs is poor, it isn't for the reasons highlighted by the ranking

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Anti-violence demonstrators in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Vanessa Ataliba/Zimel Press/Folhapress

The latest Global Drug Policy Index report ranked Brazil’s policy of controlling and regulating controlled substances dead last out of 30 countries analyzed. However, in the view of psychiatrist Luís Fernando Tófoli — a drug policy researcher at the University of Campinas — while the country rightfully finds itself poorly ranked,...

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