Drug-related police encounters across the globe: How do they compare?

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Drug-related police encounters across the globe: How do they compare?

4 June 2018

By Caitlin E. Hughes, Monica J. Barratt, Jason A. Ferris, Larissa J. Maier, Adam R. Winstock

Drug law enforcement subsumes the majority of drug policy expenditure across the globe. Fuelled by knowledge that much of this investment is ineffective or counter-productive there have been increasing calls for cross-national comparisons to identify where policing approaches differ and what types of approaches may be more effective. Yet, to date cross-national comparison of drug law enforcement has proven a methodologically hazardous affair. Using a new drug policing module added to the 2017 Global Drug Survey, this study seeks to provide the first cross-national comparison of the incidence, nature and intensity of illicit drug-related police encounters amongst people who use drugs.

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