IDPC evaluates the impacts of drug policies implemented across the world over the past decade, assessing progress made towards the 2019 goals and concluding on the need to move away from punitive approaches.
This publication shows drug policing, particularly through the use of stop and search, disproportionately targets ethnic minorities, mostly for minor possession offences.
This briefing assesses the inhumane conditions of female prisoners on death row, highlighting widespread violations of international agreements and standards.
In 2016, countries in Europe reported a new record high of 9,138 overdose deaths. The EMCDDA believe that through evidence-based policy making and the use of innovative solutions that can identify risk and general awareness, intervention can actually reduce overdose events and fatalities
This report reflects on the particular forms of discrimination facing women on death row, highlighting drug laws as a key driver for this inhumane form of punishment.
Ana Liffey analyses the country's legal framework and growing body of evidence in favour of decriminalisation, concluding on the urgent need to stop criminalising people who use drugs.
The Global Commission on Drug Policy analyses the global drug control regime's hindrances to the development agenda, and recommendations to end these frictions.
The International AIDS Society notes that, despite international agreements, enduring barriers hinder the access to HCV treatment by people who inject drugs.
The study confirms the local pervasiveness of fentanyl adulteration and the harm reduction potential of drug checking services in safer consumption sites.
INPUD nuances the successes of the Portuguese approach by shedding light on the enduring flaws in the law and practice, and their impact on the lives of people who use drugs.
GDPO provides an overview of national harm reduction services in Pakistan, particularly in prisons, in light of a recent increase in HIV transmissions among people who inject drugs.
This paper provides the latest available data on women incarcerated for drug offences in Latin America, highlights the key human rights challenges they face in the criminal justice system, and offers policy recommendations.
This advocacy note outlines key issues for consideration as member states reflect on what has been achieved since 2009, and the implications for the next phase of the international drug policy regime.
TNI supports the Bolivia government in its efforts to de-schedule the coca leaf and the suspension of the provisions that prohibit the traditional chewing of coca leaf.
