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29 January 2009

Special Rapporteurs Write to CND

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the prevention of torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, and the Special Rapporteur on the right to health have produced guidelines for the political declaration and its annex that will be agreed at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs this March.

29 January 2009

UNODC Toolkit: HIV/AIDS in Places of Detention

UNODC, UNAIDS and WHO have produced a toolkit for policymakers, programme managers, prison officers and health care providers on HIV and AIDS in places of detention.

29 January 2009

Withdrawal Symptoms in the Golden Triangle: A drugs market in disarray

Drug control agencies have called the significant decline in opium production in Southeast Asia over the past decade a 'success story'. The latest report of the Transnational Institute (TNI).

29 January 2009

Beckley Report Number 15: Drug Markets and Urban Violence: Can tackling One Reduce the Other

This new report undertaken by The Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme is concerned with one of the most worrying aspects of the global trade in illicit drugs - the link to urban violence. This is a leading cause of death in many countries.

29 January 2009

UNAIDS Calls for UNODC to Embrace Harm Reduction

On the initiative of the UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegation, the PCB adopted a decision requesting United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), as one of the UNAIDS Cosponsors, to work towards an outcome of the UNGASS 2009 review of the World Drug Problem that accurately reflects the importance of decreasing HIV transmission and co-infection among people who use drugs.

29 January 2009

UNGASS News, Issue 6

The sixth of the IDPC's regular "UNGASS News" updates, keeping the network up to speed with developments in the UN drug policy review process is now available, and includes a report on the latest round of negotiating meetings preparing for the High Level Segment of the 2009 Commission on Narcotic Drugs.

29 January 2009

TNI Drug Policy Briefing Number 28 - Crops for Illicit Use and Ecocide

According to the Colombian government, cocaine consumers are unaware of the ecological disaster caused by production of the alkaloid. If they knew that cocaine is perpetrating ecocide in the country they would stop consuming it.

1 January 2009

Drug Interventions Programme Success Stories 2009

The Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) provides interventions for drug-misusing offenders throughout their criminal justice journey. This document is a second compilation of DIP case studies contributed by local DIP workers.

1 January 2009

Safer Communities - Special issue on law enforcement and reducing harms

This issue consider the role of enforcement in reducing the harms caused by drugs.

1 January 2009

NAOMI: The trials and tribulations of implementing a heroin assisted treatment study in North America

The main objective of the NAOMI Study is to determine whether the closely supervised provision of injectable, pharmaceutical-grade opioid agonist is more effective than methadone alone in recruiting, retaining, and benefiting chronic, opioid-dependent, injection drug users who are resistant to current standard treatment options.

16 December 2008

Book of Legal Authorities for UNGASS

Many of the debates in Vienna revolve around the consistency of CND policies and decisions with existing UN conventions, declarations and mandates. This resource book gives easy access to the relevant texts, and explains how they can be used to improve the outcome of the review.

4 December 2008

A compass for Colombia Policy

A report produced by four leading Washington-based advocacy organizations, makes a detailed, persuasive case for a new U.S. strategy that would achieve current U.S. policy goals while ending impunity and strengthening respect for human rights. Instead of risking all by placing too much faith in a single, charismatic leader, the United States must appeal to the aspirations and needs of all Colombians by strengthening democratic institutions, such as the judiciary.