Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has called on the OAS to formulate new approaches to battling drugs, arguing that policies centred around “eradication and interdiction are doomed to fail”.
Rodrigues-Birkett yesterday addressed the 43rd Regular General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) and her remarks echoed the growing chorus of voices in Latin America in recent years that what is largely seen as the American model for tackling narcotics has failed and is doing untold damage