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These scenarios are stories about what 'could' happen in the future in and around the hemispheric drug system, based on current trends, and including relevant political, economic, social, cultural and international dynamics.
For the first time, sitting presidents in Latin America are questioning the international drug control paradigm and calling for objective debate on alternative approaches.
LEAHN launched a statement of support at the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna gathering over 4,000 signatures in favour of harm reduction.
IDPC and EHRN will deliver a one-day ‘sample’ training event at the 2013 International Harm Reduction Conference in Vilnius, where they will also launch a Drug Policy Training Toolkit. Apply now!
Governance Studies at Brookings and WOLA will host a public forum with two leading scholars and two key politicians to examine the legal and political choices in USA after Colorado and Washington marijuana regulation.
The report summarises the currently available scientific evidence, describing interventions and policies that have resulted in positive prevention outcomes.
Bolivian president Evo Morales adopted a policy of promoting consensual coca reduction through social control, a sophisticated coca monitoring system, and economic development.
The HCLU attended CND 2013 annual meeting in Vienna and interviewed key professionals that talked about the new approach of New Zealand to new psychoactive drugs, the views of UNOCD to the legalization of marijuana in the US and the new marijuana regulation scheme of Uruguay.
In response to a request from last year's session of the CND, UNODC has prepared a technical report on the challenges presented by new psychoactive substances
An increasing number of policy makers worldwide are declaring that the existing approach to drug policies, which focuses on the use of law enforcement, has failed to prevent illicit drug use and supply.
Bolivia will again belong to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs after its bid to rejoin with a reservation that it does not accept the treaty’s requirement that “coca leaf chewing must be banned” was successful Friday.
The course will enhance participants' overall knowledge of drug policy and the different policy options that exist, regional case studies and current trends in policy reform.
The United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Canada notified their objections to Bolivia's re-accession to the 1961 UN Single Convention with a reservation on coca chewing.
