The annual report offers an analysis by the INCB of the current state of play with regards to international drug control. This year, the INCB has taken an unprecedented stance on human rights protection, in particular on the imposition of the death penalty for drug offences.
The ‘War on Drugs’, has not only failed to achieve its goals – it is fuelling poverty, undermining health, but has also failed some of the poorest and most marginalised communities worldwide.
The Transnational Institute explores the assumptions and the facts behind the retail drug trade in Colombia and the responses that have been developed to tackle it.
Ketamine has a very favourable safety profile in clinical use and is particularly useful in healthcare settings where task-shifting is required due to a lack of skilled anaesthetic staff
The report maps the response to drug-related HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis, as well as policy developments, civil society engagement and harm reduction interventions and funding.
This paper offers an overview of Myanmar’s current legal and policy framework related to drugs and outlines some international obligations and best practices.
This monograph provides an evaluation of the ACT alcohol and other drug diversion system, including five different programmes that operate via police and courts.
The modernisation of drug law enforcement in Latin America can be a galvanizing force for changing the broader criminal justice system and perhaps show the way toward fixing a broken system.
No comprehensively effective ‘gold-standard’ prevention and treatment interventions for crack abuse exist; so concerted research towards improved interventions is urgently needed.
