This document builds on two national guides to policymakers, the IDPC 'Drug Policy Guide' and the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission's 'How to develop a national drug policy: a guide for policy makers, practitioners and stakeholders', to provide detailed recommendations for Latin…

This briefing paper examines the use of schools-based drug testing, analysing its underlying assumptions, its ethical dimensions and the research so far conducted into its practical application. It explores whether this tactic should have in prevention and harm reduction strategies.

The CND Proceedings Document aims to provide a summary of what happened at this year's 53rd Commission on Narcotic Drugs, including at the various satellite events, and offers a comprehensive analysis of the key discussions and debates that took place during the meeting. Read the full report.

Arms trafficking from the USA to Mexico is a central issue in bilateral relations, closely linked to drug trafficking and, in particular, the lethal violence unleashed by Mexican drug trafficking organisations. Drug traffickers are obtaining increasingly sophisticated weapons at reasonably low…

This briefing paper calls for a much needed Impact Assessment of drug policy. All stakeholders in the drugs debate share the goal of a policy and legal structures that maximise social, environmental, physical and psychological wellbeing. However the drugs debate has been emotive, polarised and…

IDPC welcomes the appointment of Jonathan Lucas as Secretary of the INCB and chief of the INCB Secretariat. On the eve on the 53rd Session of the CND, IDPC has identified key areas of concern to bring to Mr Lucas's attention, outlined in this advocacy note.

It is increasingly clear that the ‘war on drugs’ is not succeeding in eradicating the drugs problem. There are a growing number of policy options available to address drug-related harms. Politicians therefore face the challenge of defining a set of policies that are appropriate for the situation…

Welcome to the first issue of the IDPC magazine. The stories in this inaugural issue tell us of the disproportionate harm suffered by individuals because of badly focused resources that target low-level “offending”, and of the human rights abuses committed in the name of drug control.

IDPC has produce this short guide to provide logistical information to NGOs and civil society actors planning to attend the 53rd session of the CND in Vienna from 8th to 12th March 2010.

In this report, IDPC welcomes the improvements in the way UNODC have interpreted and presented data on global illicit drug markets but highlight concerns regarding the fractured discourse in drug policy clearly demonstrated by the arguments put forward in the UNODC's Executive Director's preface.

Esta nota aborda as implicações políticas para os principais desafios enfrentados pelo ENUDC no domínio da política de drogas nos próximos anos.

This briefing provides an overview of the IDPC side event held in the margins of the annual ECOSOC meeting in Geneva on 7th July 2009. Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of UNAIDS and Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund both spoke out strongly in favour of system-wide…

IDPC's submission focuses on the policy harms created by strategies to reduce the the supply of and demand for cocaine in the UK.

IDPC produced this briefing note for the ECOSOC high level meeting in July 2009. The political declaration of the CND, adopted by consensus, masks deep divisions between member states and contains elements that bring UN drug control policy into conflict with the work of UNAIDS, the development…

Tom Lloyd's statment to HONLEA calls for greater engagement of senior law officials in considering a new role for law enforcement within drug control.

IDPC response to the 2008 Annual Report of the INCB, concludes that the INCB is quick to condemn liberalisation of policy and practice, while ignoring clear breaches of the spirit and letter of the conventions that arise from repressive national drug policies.

IDPC structure and work plan description as at June 2009.

On 28th May 2009, Chatham House hosted the UK launch of Drugs and Democracy: Toward a Paradigm Shift – the report of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy. The report calls for the engagement of civil society and public opinion so that a debate on safer, more efficient and humane…

A concept paper on IDPC's new project that puts forward new ideas for effective drug law enforcement.

This proceedings document provides the reader with a summary of what happened at the 52nd session of the CND and its High Level Segment and offers an analysis of some of the key discussions and debates.