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25 January 2010

Beckley Briefing paper - What can we learn from Sweden’s drug policy experience?

Sweden’s drug policies have recently attained symbolic status in international policy debates. This paper examines the country’s policies, their effectiveness or otherwise and the historical and cultural context that underpins them. It considers whether these policies should or could be applied in other countries.
22 December 2009

Redefining Targets: Towards a Realistic Afghan Drug Control Strategy

Afghanistan remains the world’s largest producer of opium and has an under-reported but growing heroin-use problem. Current drug control policies in Afghanistan lack focus and are unrealistic, driven by headlines rather than evidence. They reflect a need for immediate signs of hope rather than a serious analysis of the underlying causes and an effort to achieve long-term solutions.
22 December 2009

Ethan Nadelmann's Opening Speech in New Mexico

Watch the opening speech of the DPA director at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference in New Mexico (November 12 -14, 2009). He said "right now the wind is at our back" - highlighting how the drug policy reform movement has an unprecedented momentum to end the drug war in the United States.
1 December 2009

After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation

In this report, Transform Drug Policy Foundation demonstrates that moving to the legal regulation of drugs is not an unthinkable, politically impossible step in the dark, but a sensible, pragmatic approach to control drug production, supply and use.
20 November 2009

TNI Briefing - Legislative Innovation in Drug Policy

This briefing from TNI summarizes good practices in legislative reforms around the world, representing steps away from a repressive zero-tolerance model towards a more evidence-based and humane drug policy. The examples provide lessons learned in practice about less punitive approaches and their impact on levels of drug use and drug-related harm to the individual and society.
19 September 2009

A Heroin User in Stockholm - film by HCLU

HCLU have produced a new short film on the dark side of Swedish drug policies, in which they mobilize people to urge the Swedish Minister of Public Health to introduce needle exchange to Stockholm.