RAND provides insights on the U.S. markets for cocaine, heroin, cannabis and methamphetamine. Covering the years 2006–2016, it offers statistics on prevalence, use and expenditure.
The UK government offers a comprehensive overview of drug use trends amongst people who inject drugs, as well as information on the prevalence of HIV and viral hepatitis.
Gurises Unidos and CWS surveyed public officials, experts and children of incarcerated parents to offer recommendations on how to ensure their rights are guaranteed.
Crew provides an overview of drug trends in Scotland, emphasising the worrisome rising number of drug-related deaths, mostly due to very limited harm reduction provision.
This paper suggests Brazilian courts prioritise incarceration despite available legal alternatives, disproportionately affecting people in situations of vulnerability.
This research shows that differences in public and institutional responses as well as the limited local power in the UK condition divergent approaches to DCRs.
This paper shows that arrests for drug use and drug possession for personal consumption actually amount to a very small margin of drug seizures although they represent more than one-third of recorded arrests.
The Mental Health Commission of Canada urges to close gaps in the existing research on cannabis and mental health, leveraging the country's legal regulation system.
This report reviewed approaches taken in Ireland and nine other jurisdictions to simple possession drug offences to identify alternative options and analyse their advantages and disadvantages.
RAND analyses and makes recommendations on data collection, the expansion of evidence-based treatment and alternatives to repressive responses to drug use.
UNAIDS provides an overview of the progress and remaining challenges in tackling the HIV epidemic around the world, highlighting the importance of community-led and community-engaged programmes.
The EMCDDA shows the encouraging progress that has been made to reduce the prevalence of infectious diseases amongst people who inject drugs, while also highlighting the need to extend the existing programs and services.
