BRAZIL: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON A REPRESSIVE DRUG POLICY.

This article addresses the topic of international drug control and Brazil's adherence to drug conventions and human rights treaties. Moreover, it analyses the changes in the current prohibitionist drug model based on new international experiences and on the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) to be held in 2016, given the inefficiency of repressive policies that have led to increased violence, incarceration and rights violations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]