This briefing paper highlights the proportionality of sentencing in Cambodia, discussing some relevant international principles relevant to consideration of those issues.
These countries have inherited the legacy of war economies and are experiencing new dynamics that have emerged with West Africa becoming a transit zone for cocaine.
This report explores the FARC’s involvement in Colombia’s illegal drug trade, its alliances with other groups in the region and possible scenarios for the future.
According to the EMCDDA, several combinations of substitution medicines and psychosocial approaches are available to treat Illicit opioid consumption during pregnancy.
The report confirms that ATS use is a major public health issue in Southeast Asia, and swift action is needed to prevent the spread of HIV and other blood-borne viruses.
The Mexican government must develop a comprehensive law enforcement strategy beyond high-value targeting, sharpen its anti-crime socio-economic policies and better integrate them with policing.
The growing literature on the effectiveness of supply-side interventions in illegal drug markets shows that most measures taken to curb supply have very small effects on quantities transacted.
The Government of Canada devised Bill C-2 (An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act), a piece legislation that would make supervised consumption services harder to establish.
