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3 December 2008

Access and Control Newsletter Number 3

The Access and Control Newsletter is sent by the World Health Organization, Department of Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies, Quality and Safety: Medicines Unit. The Newsletter provides the latest news from WHO on access to medicines controlled under the international drug treaties and evaluation of substances for their dependence producing properties.
25 November 2008

Foreign Policy in Focus: Beyond the Drug War

Across Latin America, frustration with the failed and protracted "war on drugs" is leading countries to experiment with new policies, from Bolivia's "coca yes, cocaine no" strategy, to the pardoning of small-time offenders in Ecuador, to efforts to decriminalize consumption in countries as diverse as Argentina and Mexico. The incoming Obama administration should take advantage of these new trends in Latin America to seek more effective and more humane drug control policies, at home and abroad.
19 November 2008

Indonesian Jangkar Report

This is the report of Jangkar, the National Action Network for Drug Harm Reduction in Indonesia, and the Open Society Institute. The report is one of the first attempts to assess and depict the extent of the complicated nature of drug use and human rights violations in Indonesia.
18 November 2008

The cost-effectiveness of Vancouver’s supervised injection facility

The cost-effectiveness of Canada’s only supervised injection facility has not been rigorously evaluated. The authors estimated the impact of the facility on survival, rates of HIV and hepatitis C virus infection, referral to methadone maintenance treatment and associated costs.
30 October 2008

Beckley Briefing Paper Number 17 - An Overview of Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate (Report of the Beckley foundation Global Cannabis Commission)

This BFDPP Briefing paper provides an overview of Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate, the Report of the Beckley Foundation Global Cannabis Commission. The report was produced after a group of international experts were commissioned to undertake a review of the current evidence regarding cannabis and its place in the international drug control system.
30 October 2008

UNGASS News, Issue 4

The fourth of our regular "UNGASS News" updates, keeping the network up to speed with developments in the review process, the draft annex of the political declaration, the series of inter-governmental negotiating meetings, Beyond 2008 updates and how to plan for the March meeting.