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20 years of Portuguese drug policy - Developments, challenges and the quest for human rights

Rêgo et al. argue that, despite the positive progress enabled by the Portuguese model, its limited ambitions, lack of update, and regressions toward punitive responses have severely undermined its potential.

Publications 1 day, 17 hours ago

Prison and drugs in Europe: current and future challenges

EMCDDA explores the epidemiology of drug-related health problems in prisons, discussing available harm reduction measures and persistent challenges in these settings.

Publications July 20, 2021

Exploring the use of cannabis as a substitute for prescription drugs in a convenience sample

Kvamme et al. suggest that a significant proportion of Danish users of cannabis as medicine are motivated by a desire to alleviate their ailments whilst minimising the negative side effects that they associate with legal prescription drugs.

Publications July 20, 2021

Dame Carol Black's independent review of drugs

Dame Carol Black analyses trends and impact of thriving informal drug markets in England, and provides recommendations on how to address health-related challenges.

Publications July 9, 2021

England - Black review: Strong on treatment, but avoids law reform

The review sheds light on the ruinous state of service provision for people who use drugs in the country, calling for significant investments into health and support systems.

News Alerts July 9, 2021

Drugs: UK government adviser to urge more focus on health of users

Recommendations the Department of Health and Social Care likely to include a more health-based approach to drug policies.

News Alerts July 5, 2021

UN highlights role of drug war in racist policing

The vast majority of police-related deaths concern far-reaching police powers, including in relation to minor drug offences, mental health crises and 'war on drugs' special operations.

News Alerts July 5, 2021

Release and Harm Reduction International's submission to the OHCHR on human rights and the policing of African people and people of African descent

Release and HRI critique the systemic racism inherent to drug policing.

Publications July 1, 2021

CND Intersessional meeting - Thematic session on the implementation of all international drug policy commitments following up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration

19 - 21 October 2021

Vienna, Austria

The CND's Autumn 2021 thematic sessions will focus on issues related to the power and resources criminalised networks and their use of technology.

Events 18 June 2021

European Drug Report 2021

The EMCDDA analyses trends and developments in the region's drug situation and related health provisions.

Publications June 12, 2021

Quality standards of civil society involvement in drug policies

The EU Civil Society Forum on Drugs lays out guidelines on how to make the involvement of civil society in drug policy more meaningful.

Publications June 12, 2021

32nd European Society for Social Drug Research annual conference

30 September - 1 October 2021

Online

ESSD members and other researchers who wish to attend the 32nd Annual Conference are invited to submit abstracts of their conference papers no later than 20th July 2021.

Events 4 June 2021

50 years of Britain’s bad drug policy

For half a century, country's drug policies have been based on subsequent moral panics steeped in discrimination against marginalised communities.

News Alerts June 2, 2021

Britain's Misuse of Drugs Act turns 50 with reform calls

Politicians, former police officers and civil society representatives reflect on the repressive drug laws that have marked the past half century.

News Alerts May 28, 2021

Increasing drug-related mortality rates over the last decade in Scotland are not just due to an ageing cohort: A retrospective longitudinal cohort study

McDonald et al. suggest that age-focused explanations are insufficient to account for skyrocketing drug-related deaths, and call for an expansion of harm reduction provision.

Publications May 22, 2021

Accelerating progress and tackling inequalities towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030

The European Parliament calls to strengthen the HIV response, including by ending the criminalisation and discrimination of populations disproportionately affected by the pandemic.

News Alerts May 22, 2021

The 64th Session of CND: ‘An African war on Africa’

A minority of African nations with diplomatic representation in Vienna has stifled the continent's voice for progressive drug policy reform.

Blog Posts May 19, 2021

Drug decriminalisation in Portugal: Setting the records straight

Transform highlights key advantages in relation to improvements in health and a reduction of incarceration.

News Alerts May 16, 2021

Malta: An inspirational novelty in drug policy

Malta is set to decriminalise the cultivation and possession of cannabis for personal use.