A House of Cards - ‘High compliance’: A legally indefensible and confusing distraction

It is time to acknowledge that certain elements of the global drug control treaties are unfit for purpose, resting on the foundations of the colonial legacy and unjust policy approaches.

News Alerts May 3, 2022

Bolivia: If the MAS government is a coca growers’ government, why are the Yungas coca growers against it?

Preferential treatment for certain growing zones and government intervention in growers' governance have fuelled tensions.

News Alerts April 21, 2022

Women and drugs in Myanmar

TNI maps out the gendered dynamics of drug policy in Myanmar, drawing from on-the-ground conversations with women involved in the drugs market.

Publications March 17, 2022

6th Brandenburg Forum on Drugs and Development Policies report

The Forum provided a space for UN, state and civil society representatives to consider how best to progress health, human rights and development in relation to drug policies.

Publications March 3, 2022

UN contributing to Myanmar’s drug problem

An excessive focus on shifts in the size of the market, based on data handpicked by government officials, provides cover for punitive action on the ground.

News Alerts March 3, 2022

Poppy farmers under pressure - Causes and consequences of the opium decline in Myanmar

TNI analyse the impact of global trends on the country's opium market and urge decision-makers to address the socio-structural factors that sustain farmers' involvement in illicit cultivation.

Publications January 11, 2022

NGOs urge UNODC's Executive Director to mark Human Rights Day with a call to reform drug policies that entrench inequality

89 CSOs underscore the need to tackle harms of repressive drug policies undermining human rights.

News Alerts December 6, 2021

NGOs urge UNODC's Executive Director to mark Human Rights Day with a call to reform drug policies that entrench inequality

89 CSOs underscore the need to tackle harms of repressive drug policies undermining human rights.

News Alerts December 6, 2021

Cannabis regulation: Lessons from the illicit tobacco trade

IDPC draws lessons from the challenges of tobacco control, including in relation to corporate capture, to inform the design of equitable, inclusive and sustainable cannabis legal regulation.

Publications September 23, 2021

Cannabis regulation: Lessons from the illicit tobacco trade - Publication launch

23 September 2021

Online

In seeking to future-proof sustainable regulatory efforts, join us for the launch of ‘Cannabis regulation: Lessons from the illicit tobacco trade’, an illuminating briefing paper written by Benoit Gomis and produced as a collaboration between the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), the Global Drug Policy Observatory (GDPO), Health Poverty Action (HPA), Transform, the Transnational Institute (TNI) and the Washington Office on latin America (WOLA).

Events 13 September 2021

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A House of Cards - ‘High compliance’: A legally indefensible and confusing distraction

Bolivia: If the MAS government is a coca growers’ government, why are the Yungas coca growers against it?

Women and drugs in Myanmar

6th Brandenburg Forum on Drugs and Development Policies report

UN contributing to Myanmar’s drug problem

Poppy farmers under pressure - Causes and consequences of the opium decline in Myanmar

NGOs urge UNODC's Executive Director to mark Human Rights Day with a call to reform drug policies that entrench inequality

NGOs urge UNODC's Executive Director to mark Human Rights Day with a call to reform drug policies that entrench inequality

Cannabis regulation: Lessons from the illicit tobacco trade

Cannabis regulation: Lessons from the illicit tobacco trade - Publication launch

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