The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network’s most recent publication, Under the Skin, brings a new dimension to prison-based needle and syringe programs (PNSPs). Drawing on affidavits and testimonies from people with experience using drugs inside a federal prison, Under the Skin paints a portrait of suffering and discrimination that challenges both international guidelines and Canada’s own Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The High Point Police Department in High Point, North Carolina has gained attention from the U.S. Department of Justice and police departments, prosecutors, and local governmental officials through a strategic problem solving intervention that has come to be known as the High Point Drug Market Intervention Program (DMI).
This article argues that the chemical imbalance in street cannabis (skunk) makes it more harmful. If the recreational cannabis market was regulated to ensure a balanced chemical structure in cannabis it would be safer for users.
IDPC has produce this short guide to provide logistical information to NGOs and civil society actors planning to attend the 53rd session of the CND in Vienna from 8th to 12th March 2010.
This paper contributes to recent debates surrounding the improvement of the UN drug control system’s methods of gathering and analyzing data. It critically examines the current predominance of quantitative evidence, arguing for a greater emphasis on the cultural understanding of drug use and more attention to the taken-for-granted assumptions underpinning policies.
Sweden’s drug policies have recently attained symbolic status in international policy debates. This paper examines the country’s policies, their effectiveness or otherwise and the historical and cultural context that underpins them. It considers whether these policies should or could be applied in other countries.
This briefing paper from TNI explores how the drugs problem in Colombia is intertwined with structural factors at the social, economic, institutional and cultural levels that have contributed to its consolidation over the past three decades.
This paper is based on the findings of an economic research estimating the financial costs of the penalization of drug possession for personal use in Poland. The research and the report presenting its outcomes (published in December 2009) were done by the Institute for Public Affairs in Poland. The results are very interesting and in times of economic crisis are becoming a powerful tool in the drug policy debate.
This report contains the findings of an economic research estimating the financial costs of the penalization of drug possession for personal use in Poland. The research and the report presenting its outcomes (published in December 2009) were done by the Institute for Public Affairs in Poland. The results are very interesting and in times of economic crisis are becoming a powerful tool in the drug policy debate.
Each year the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (ЕHRN) issues a yearly note with a review of events in the sphere of harm reduction that took place in Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia.
This is a recent article on the Beckley Foundation’s Global Cannabis Commission Report that appeared in Drugs and Alcohol Today. The original report was published in October 2008, and was presented in the House of Lords and at the UN High Level Segment in Vienna in March. It was very well received and has exerted considerable influence since.
The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) has produced a documentary featuring Transform's recent publication, 'After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation'.