The high-level thematic debate on 7th May will be the first time the UNGASS preparations are substantively discussed in New York and therefore provides an important opportunity to engage both the broader UN family and New York-based country missions.
This paper discusses recent changes to sentencing in England and Wales, which aim to recognise drug couriers as a distinct category, and so attribute lesser, more proportionate punishment.
This OSF report highlights the conflicting 2012-2016 strategy of the Global Fund which has prioritized the promotion and protection of human rights and made strategic decisions about the ways it allocates financial resources under the New Funding Model, pulling away from middle-income countries.
This report analyses the current 'counter-narcotics' operations of the USA in Central America and how successes and failures are justified in this context.
This report, published by CLEAR cannabis law reform, provides a complete and up-to-date review of the evidence that supports the use of cannabis as medicine.
The United Nations Development Program acknowledges the importance of development problems within international drug policies, in particular in the context of the upcoming UNGASS.
This report gives insight into the drug-related problems faced by six countries in the Balkans region, through the available data gathered by a range of partners and the EMCDDA.
The Institute for Policy Studies provides a new understanding of the growing ways in which those in poverty are disproportionately targeted, marginalised, and prosecuted.
