Publications from IDPC Members

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8 January 2010

Where darkness knows no limits: incarceration, ill-treatment, and forced labor as drug rehabilitation in China

Human Rights Watch have released this new report which documents how the Chinese authorities commit human rights abuses in the name of drug treatment. Many suspected drug users are confined under horrific conditions, subject to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, and forced to engage in unpaid laborin compulsory drug detention centres.

22 December 2009

Development First: A More Humane and Promising Approach to Reducing Cultivation of Crops for Illicit Markets

Unless alternative livelihoods are already firmly in place, eradication of coca and opium poppy crops is counter-productive, according to a new WOLA study that identifies ten lessons learned for promoting alternative livelihoods, based on decades of evidence in countries from Thailand and Burma to Afghanistan and the Andes.

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

Mexico: The Law Against Small-Scale Drug Dealing - A Doubtful Venture

In August 2009, Mexico adopted a new law against small-scale drug dealing. This briefing deals with the negative and positive aspects of this new law.

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.

23 October 2009

Drug Driving in New Zealand: A survey of community attitudes, experience and understanding

This survey conducted by the New Zealand Drug Foundation asseses knowledge, attitudes and behaviours around driving under the influence of psychoactive substances, including illicit drugs, prescription medicines, and alcohol in New Zealand.

23 October 2009

TNI Briefing paper: Burma's Cease-fires at Risk - Consequences of the Kokang Crisis for Peace and Democracy

Tensions are rising in Burma with respect to the cease-fire agreements with ethnic minority groups along the northern border. Cease-fire groups have put their armed forces on high alert. Ethnic conflict must be resolved in order to bring about a lasting political solution in Burma.

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.

14 September 2009

Beckley Briefing Number 19: Comparing the drug situation across countries: Problems, Pitfalls and Possibilities

This Beckley Briefing compares the drug situation in a number of developed countries presenting data to stimulate further research and provide information for analysts and policy makers for more effective drug control.

22 August 2009

Drug policy reform in practice: Experiences with alternatives in Europe and the US

TNI's article gives inputs for the Latin American drug policy reform debate by providing an overview of European drug policy practices regarding harm reduction, decriminalisation and tolerant approaches to cannabis.