On 26 and 27 August, the Second Latin American Conference and the First Brazilian Conference on Drug Policy took place in the noble hall of the National Law School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) with more than 400 attendees and the presence of top drug policy experts from thirteen countries in Latin America. It was the most specialized meeting of the region. Organized at regional level by Intercambios, key civil association at Latin America working during fifteen years on issues of harm reduction and drug policy, and, locally by Psicotropicus, a pioneer in getting out the drugs debate from the marginality and bring it to everyday discussions in Brazil.
