Ann Fordham has now joined the IDPC as full-time Coordinator. Her initial priority will be to review the Consortium's governance structure and membership criteria in consultation with members. Attached is a consultation paper which includes two proposals.
The second negotiating meeting to debate the political declaration to be presented at the High Level Meeting (scheduled for March 2009) took place last week (24/25/26 November).
Drugscope has now produced the second pilot issue of Druglink International and all IDPC member organisations have been sent 10 copies. There are more copies available, but postage may have to be charged.
On 16th October 2008 Members of the European Parliament and national Parliamentarians met through an initiative of the Transnational Institute and the Andreas Papandreou Foundation at the European Parliament in Brussels to discuss the ongoing review of the goals and targets adopted at the United Nations General Assembly's Special Session on Drugs in 1998.
On 16th October 2008 Members of the European Parliament and national Parliamentarians met through an initiative of the Transnational Institute and the Andreas Papandreou Foundation at the European Parliament in Brussels to discuss the ongoing review of the goals and targets adopted at the United Nations General Assembly's Special Session on Drugs in 1998.
'Decertifying Bolivia: Bush Administration 'Fails Demonstrably' to Make its Case' has been published by the Andean Information Network and the Washington Office on Latin America in response to the Bush administration's announcement on September 16, 2008 that Bolivia had "failed demonstrably during the previous 12 months” to adhere to its "obligations under international counternarcotics agreements.\
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.
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.
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.
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.
The review of the objectives and action plans agreed at the 1998 UNGASS has reached a critical stage as attention now moves to the political process of negotiating the text of a political declaration to be agreed at the high level meeting in March 2009.
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.