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IDPC Publications

A key role and added value of IDPC is the production of policy analysis for a broad range of audiences including academia, civil society and policy makers. The majority of these publications are collaborations with members and partners, and are translated into multiple languages to support and facilitate advocacy.

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27 April 2010

IDPC Briefing Paper - Resources for developing integrated national policies on controlled drugs in Latin America and the Caribbean

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 American government policy makers to adopt more efficient and humane drug policies.
27 April 2010

IDPC Briefing Paper - Jar wars: the question of schools-based drug testing

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.
27 April 2010

IDPC report of proceedings: The 2010 Commission on Narcotic Drugs

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.
24 March 2010

IDPC Policy Briefing - Arms trafficking from the United States to Mexico: Divergent responsibilities

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 prices thanks to easy access to guns in the US market. As with drug trafficking, gun smuggling implies a relationship of co-responsibility between supplier and consuming countries.
5 March 2010

IDPC Briefing Paper - Time for an Impact Assessment of Drug Policy

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 deadlocked and as a result, policy development has lacked objective scrutiny. Impact Assessments would bring drug policy back into the arena of science.
3 March 2010

IDPC Drug Policy Guide, First edition

The ‘war on drugs’ has failed to eradicate drug markets and use. A growing number of policy options are available to address drug-related harms. The IDPC Guide brings together global evidence and best practice to assist national policy makers in the design and implementation of drug policies. The Guide will be updated regularly to reflect new developments in the drug policy field.
3 March 2010

IDPC Magazine 1 - Human rights violations in the name of drug control

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.
19 October 2009

Заметка по адвокации - Обращение к Исполнительному директору УНП ООН: ключевые вызовы на ближайшие два года

В настоящий момент Международный консорциум по наркополитике не имеет предпочтений в вопросе повторного назначения г-на Косты или выбора альтернативных кандидатов. Мы четко представляем себе ключевые вопросы наркополитики, с которыми столкнется УНП ООН в ближайшие годы, и собираемся предложить нашу поддержку любому кандидату, готовому серьезно воспринять эти вызовы и модернизировать повестку УНП ООН, чтобы она позволила обеспечить готовность организации к работе в условиях XXI века. Мы обнаружили шесть ключевых вызовов, с которыми столкнется будущий Исполнительный директор.