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21 September 2011

War on drugs' blocks medical access to morphine

A study by University of B.C. journalism students says the global war on illicit drugs is preventing patients suffering terminal illnesses in some countries from having sufficient access to morphine to control their pain. The year-long study done by the UBC Graduate School of Journalism involved teams travelling to India, Ukraine and Uganda to see how those countries manage pain.

21 September 2011

Regulating medical marijuana dispensaries - Overview of their impact on crime

When medical marijuana dispensaries close, crime rises in the surrounding neighborhood when compared to areas where dispensaries are allowed to remain open, according to a new RAND Corporation study. The findings challenge the common wisdom that marijuana dispensaries promote criminal activity.

20 September 2011

IDPC Magazine 3 - Drug control and development: Making a positive choice

This new edition focuses on each Millennium Development Goal to illustrate, through testimonies and lived experiences, the severe negative consequences of drug control on development efforts both in developing and developed countries.

19 September 2011

"Visión joven" - Children : the forgotten victims in Mexico's drug war

This chapter of "Children of the drug war" (in Spanish) addresses the impacts of the war on drugs and children in Mexico. The chapter questions whether the strategy is protecting the younger generation and to what extent.  

19 September 2011

Drug Consumptiom rooms in Germany. An assessment

This report provides information about the mode of operation of the diverse consumption rooms that have been opened in Germany and analyses the impacts that they have had on risk minimisation, health support, etc.

16 September 2011

Death penalty global overview 2011: Shared responsibility and shared consequences

In addition to providing a survey of international developments related to capital drug laws around the world, this report focuses on foreign nationals sentenced to death and/or executed for drug-related offences.

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.