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15 September 2011

UNODC - 2011 global ATS assessment

A new report by UNODC ranks amphetamine-type stimulants as the world's second most widely used type of drug after cannabis. Offering the most comprehensive and current analysis of the situation, the 2011 Global ATS Assessment notes that the expansion of the drug's trade and the high criminal profits pose an increasing threat to security and health worldwide.

9 September 2011

Count the Costs briefing - The human rights costs of the war on drugs

This new Count the Costs briefing covers the wide range of human rights issues impacted by the war on drugs.

9 September 2011

HIV-1 outbreak among injecting drug users in Greece, 2011: a preliminary report

A significant increase in the number of newly diagnosed HIV-1 infections among injecting drug users was observed in Greece during the first seven months of 2011.

8 September 2011

US National Drug Threat Assessment 2011

This is a comprehensive assessment of the threat posed to the United States by the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs. It was prepared through detailed analysis of the most recent law enforcement, intelligence, and public health data available to the National Drug Intelligence Center through the date of publication.

7 September 2011

Afghan heroin traffickers targeting Tanzania, East Africa

Drug traffickers, faced with tough restrictions to transit through Asia and Middle East, have turned Africa into their preferred station for heroin shipment to Europe and elsewhere.

6 September 2011

Fall in opiate and crack use in England

The number of people in England who use heroin and crack has fallen, according to independent research published by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) today.

5 September 2011

Taking drugs seriously : A demos and UK drug policy commission report on legal highs

Since first coming to public prominence at the end of 2009, legal highs have posed a major challenge to existing legal and legislative structures designed to deal with drugs. This report asks whether the assumptions enshrined in the 40-year-old Misuse of Drugs Act are still valid when applied 21st century drugs market.

5 September 2011

Reducing drug-related harms in Thailand

The report summarises two years of research findings on HIV risk behaviours and barriers to accessing HIV and harm reduction services among people who inject drugs.

5 September 2011

The ethics and effectiveness of coerced treatment of drug users

This paper addresses the issues of ethics and effectiveness in coerced treatment for drug users. It is based on the existing evidence on coerced treatment, as well as on considerations of the ethics of such treatment and research on quasi-compulsory treatment in Europe.

31 August 2011

Drug policy in Portugal: The benefits of decriminalising drug use

With a decade of experience, Portugal provides a valuable case study of how decriminalization coupled with evidence-based strategies can reduce drug consumption, dependence, recidivism, and HIV infection, and create safer communities for all.

30 August 2011

UN Committee on the elimination of discrimination against women issues recommendations on women, HIV prevention and prisons

HRI calls on the Italian government to take all appropriate measures for the implementation of the recommendations made by the Committee and incorporate civil society members in developing the relevant responses to the HIV/ADS amongst drug user women communities.

30 August 2011

Opioid substitution treatment in prison and post-release : effects on criminal recidivism and mortality

More than eight in ten prisoners who use heroin in New South Wales, Australia, will be back in prison within two years of being released. But this rate can be cut by 20 per cent if they leave prison on methadone treatment and stay on it in the community.