Is Beautiful Brazil Dangerous And Violent? – TheDuckShoot

It is inevitable that some of Brazilians in this position turn to crime to survive. Drugs barons recruit both adults and children to sell drugs to Brazil's rich and of course gringos (tourists)

A Q&A: Drugs, Legal Regulation and Brazil – Transform Drug Policy …

Reforming the laws to allow decriminalisation or legalisation and regulation of certain drugs is not a panacea, but it could bring significant benefits to Brazil , the region and indeed the world as drug profits for organised crime …

Global Report: “Legalize Drugs to End Organised Crime”

http://goldenageofgaia.com/2013/05/gamechanging-report-on-global-drugs-trade-end-prohibition-to-end-organised- crime 'Gamechanging' Report on Global Drugs Trade: “End Prohibition to End Organised Crime ” Posted by … Paul Volker, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Cesar Gaviria, Ricardo Lagos and Ernesto Zedillo – respectively the former Presidents of Brazil , Colombia, Chile and Mexico; and Louise Arbour, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Why is violent crime so rare in Iceland? | Curso ER

Frankly, there is no perfect answer as to why Iceland has one of the lowest violent crime rates in the world. According to the 2011 Global Study on Homicide by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Iceland's homicide rate between 1999-2009 never went above 1.8 per 100,000 population on any given year

Nadelmann is against involuntary interment | Brazilian Commission …

“Instead of copying our form of treatment, Brazil should follow the Portuguese formula,” he explained. In Portugal for the past 12 years it has no longer been a crime to carry a certain quantity of drugs for personal consumption.

Top 10 most dangerous countries for tourism | EUTimes.net

Early last year, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime released a report saying that Brazil has become the world leader in terms of the absolute number of murders (43,909 a year). According to sociologists, per capita the country ..