On 9 July 2010, the UN Secretary General appointed Russian Ambassador Yuri V. Fedotov as the next Executive Director of UNODC. In welcoming Mr. Fedorov, IDPC outlines in this advocacy note the critical challenges that he will face as he takes up office, and proposes key recommendations.
It is increasingly clear that the ‘war on drugs’ is not succeeding in eradicating the drugs problem. There are a growing number of policy options available to address drug-related harms. Politicians therefore face the challenge of defining a set of policies that are appropriate for the situation in their country. The IDPC Guide brings together global evidence and best practice to assist national policy makers in the design and implementation of drug policies.
It is increasingly clear that the ‘war on drugs’ is not succeeding in eradicating the drugs problem. There are a growing number of policy options available to address drug-related harms. Politicians therefore face the challenge of defining a set of policies that are appropriate for the situation in their country. The IDPC Guide brings together global evidence and best practice to assist national policy makers in the design and implementation of drug policies.
This Human Rights Watch report found that most Kenyan children with diseases such as cancer or HIV/AIDS are unable to get palliative care or pain medicines. The Kenyan government has taken a step in the right direction by establishing a few hospital palliative care units in recent years, but much more needs to be done to stop sick children from suffering needlessly.
An assessment of the current situation of HIV and injecting drugs and national responses has been undertaken by the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia. HIV prevalence among PWID is frequently above 20-25% and has remained consistently high. High-risk behaviour by PWID, such as sharing of contaminated needles and syringes, has become a major determining factor in the course of the HIV epidemic.
The recent declaration by Mexican president Felipe Calderón on cannabis legalisation has sparked new discussions on illicit drugs in the country. However, the drugs debate is not a new topic for the Mexican political agenda. This document presents a general overview and analysis of the cannabis debate in Mexico.
On 9 July 2010, the UN Secretary General appointed Russian Ambassador Yuri V. Fedotov as the next Executive Director of UNODC. In welcoming Mr. Fedorov, IDPC outlines in this advocacy note the critical challenges that he will face as he takes up office, and proposes key recommendations.
In 2007, the New Zealand Government entrusted an independent agency, the New Zealand Law Commission, to comprehensively review the country drug laws. The Commission's final report is likely to feature a new approach to personal possession and use, placing less emphasis on conviction and punishment and more on the delivery of effective treatment.
This compilation provides policy makers, programme managers, NGOs and other professionals with a review of existing evidence-based family skills training programmes. It provides details on the contents of such programmes, the groups targeted, the materials used and the training implemented, in order to assist users in selecting the programme best suited to their needs and to offer guidance on available programmes.
The document "The pharmacological rationale for methadone treatment of narcotic addiction", which presents the pharmacological principles applying to narcotics, is now available in Chinese, English, Fahsi, French and Russian.
This report outlines interventions for tackling hepatitis C in drug injecting populations in Europe and the surrounding area. These approaches are detailed in the context of the major common challenges faced across the region in addressing hepatitis C in drug injecting populations.
With some unlikely people now receptive to the idea that it would be good to imprison fewer people, a new book looking at failed experiments in criminal justice over the past decade or so is well timed.