Society

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

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,...

Amanda Audi

Amanda Audi is a journalist specializing in politics and human rights. She is the former executive director of Congresso em Foco and worked as a reporter for The Intercept Brasil, Folha de S. Paulo, O Globo, Gazeta do Povo, Poder360, among others. In 2019, she won the Comunique-se Award for best-written media reporter and won the Mulher Imprensa award for web journalism in 2020

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