Colorado's Marijuana Task Force issued its final recommendations for how the state ought to implement Amendment 64, though the actual regulations will be made by state lawmakers.
In response to a request from last year's session of the CND, UNODC has prepared a technical report on the challenges presented by new psychoactive substances
This comparative study of criminal legislation explores the issue of disproportionate penalties for drugs offences across time and between seven Latin American countries (Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, and Argentina).
This report by Drug Policy Alliance focuses in the number of working hours that police officers in NY spent dealing with marijuana possession arrests between 2002 and 2012.
In recognition of International Women’s Day, the Journal of the International AIDS Society launched a thematic series to highlight articles that address the different dimensions of HIV as they relate to women.
The key question we should ask is whether these Guiding Principles will help break the failed logic applied until now, which has prioritised forced eradication and added development as an afterthought.
Examining the evolution of Irish drug policy, the report explores the country’s national strategies; the legal context within which they operate; the public funds spent, or committed, to implement them; and the political bodies and mechanisms set up to coordinate the response to the problem.
This briefing paper aims to shift the focus of the debate on policing and HIV-related outcomes and explore more positive relationships and the related benefits to be derived by police engaging with people who inject drugs.
