Drugs are a case for Policy
The project "Droga é caso de Política" (lit. Drugs are a case for politics) is a digital space implemented by the Brazilian Platform for Drug Policy (PBDB), which was born with the aim of creating links between specialists and civil society organizations that work for the reform of drug policy in the country. This democratic innovation is responsible for mapping the political candidates who support the reform on at least one of the following three lines: the decriminalization of drug use, the regulation of marijuana for therapeutic purposes, or the legalization of cannabis. In order to connect the electorate with these candidates, the platform asks politicians "why do we need to reform drug policy?" and publishes their answers online. Until August 2018, more than 130 candidates had sent their answers. Those politicians who support the reform and are not yet on the map, can fill out an online form to be included.
Institutional design
Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?
Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?
Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?
Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?
Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?
Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?
- Formalization
- not backed by constitution nor legislation, nor by any governmental policy or program
- Frequency
- single
- Mode of selection of participants
- restricted
- Type of participants
- citizens
- Decisiveness
- democratic innovation yields no decision
- Co-Governance
- no
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