An introduction to Brazil’s tangled drug policy

An introduction to Brazil’s tangled drug policy

FORTALEZA, Brazil — A man in a white overcoat looks down at the book in his oversized hands with a peaceful expression. Sitting at his desk, he doesn’t appear much older than 30. Behind him stand books on a row of shelves. The scene is captured in a black and white painting framed by a thin, dark-blue frame. A sole plastic fan mounted on the wall beside it represented a futile attempt to cool the waiting room in which it hung, filled with plasti…