Publications from IDPC Members

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1 January 2005

TNI Briefing Series Number 2005/3 - The global fix: The construction of a global enforcement regime

This report tracks the history of the concept of organized crime and its metamorphosis into a 'transnational' phenomenon allegedly posing a serious threat to global world order.

1 January 2005

TNI Debate Paper Number 12 - Downward spiral - Banning opium in Afghanistan and Burma

In Afghanistan and Burma combined, 4.3 million people are directly involved in the opium economy.

1 January 2004

Beckley Briefing Paper Number 3 - Drug Consumption Rooms

The defining characteristic of Drug Consumption Rooms is that they are legally sanctioned environments where people can take illegal drugs.

1 January 2004

Beckley Briefing Paper Number 2 - Drug Policy and the HIV Pandemic in Russia and the Ukraine

Over the past three years Russia and Ukraine have experienced one of the fastest growing HIV pandemics in Europe.

1 January 2004

Beckley Briefing Paper Number 1 - Reclassification of Cannabis in the United Kingdom

On 29 January 2004, an amendment to the drug laws came into effect in the UK that moved cannabis and its derivatives from Class B to Class C under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, the primary drug control legislation in the UK.

1 January 2004

Beckley Briefing Paper Number 4 - Upheavals in the Australian Drug Market: Heroin Drought, Stimulant Flood

Australia experienced extraordinary and unprecedented changes to its illicit drug market from the end of 2000.

1 January 2004

Beckley Report Number 1 - Towards a Review of Global Policies on Illegal Drugs

This report discusses the global drug control system - particularly the role of the United Nations - and the challenges confronting drug policy.

1 January 2004

Beckley Report Number 2 - Assessing Drug Policy Principles and Practice

This report considers good practice in objective setting and evaluation.

1 January 2004

TNI Briefing Paper - The ecstasy industry: Exploring the global market

In contrast with traditional plant-based drugs, the illicit ecstasy industry is not bound to specific cultivation areas.

11 May 2003

Strategy Unit Drugs Project Nb 10: Phase 1 Report: "Understanding the Issues"

This report presents the UK Strategy Unit’s analysis of the harms caused by crack and heroin.

1 January 2003

Executive Summary: Synthetic drug trafficking

Executive summary of "Synthetic drug trafficking in three European cities: major trends and involvement of organised crime", the product of a TNI-Gruppo Abele-UNICRI partnership.

1 January 2003

TNI Debate Paper Number 7 - Cross Purposes - Alternative Development and Conflict in Colombia

TNI Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 7, June 2003 - One of the greatest challenges in Colombia today is how to meet alternative development objectives in the midst of war.