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Security, democracy and cities: The future of prevention

12 - 14 December 2012

Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis, France

The conference is organised around four major themes: risks, technologies and prevention; governance and citizenship; cities and sustainable development; a Europe open to the world.

Events 14 February 2012

Universidad de los Andes Conference – launch of ‘Illicit Drugs in Colombia’

15 April 2010

Universidad de los Andes, Auditorium A, Mario Laserna Building

The Universidad de los Andes is organising a conference on Tuesday, 15 April 2010, to present the book 'Illicit Drugs in Colombia', a book that brings together contributions from different fields of study on drug policy in Colombia. International scholars invited to participate in the conference include: Peter Reuter (University of Maryland), Jon Caulkins (Carnegie Mellon University), Elvira Maria Restrepo (University of Miami), Juan Tokatlian (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) and Beau Kilmer (RAND). This conference will take place at Universidad de los Andes, Auditorium A, Mario Laserna Building, from 9 am to 6 pm on Thursday, April 15th. The conference is open to the public and registration can be accessed at: http://economia.uniandes.edu.co/drogas.

Events 23 March 2010

Public Policy Debate: “Drugs - It’s About Health, Not Policing”

22 November 2012 17:00-19:00

Budapest, Hungary

In collaboration with the Open Society Foundation’s Global Drug Policy Program, the CEU School of Public Policy will organize a series of debates devoted to complex and interdisciplinary issues raised by illicit drugs and global and national policy responses to drugs.

Events 5 October 2012

7th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy

15 - 17 May 2013

Bogotá, Colombia

The conference will focus on the collateral costs of illegal drugs and the war on drugs, including topics related to violence, corruption and institutional instability.

Events 4 December 2012

Hurt by bad policy: Why the most vulnerable are needed for better drug policies

The cultivation of drugs is a sign of poverty rather than a sign of wealth. Rather than a “war,” the treatment of the drug problem must be approached as development, security and health issues, the panelists of the workshop “Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor” said.

News Alerts March 7, 2013

Financing Dispossession - China’s Opium Substitution Programme in Northern Burma

The vast majority of the opium and heroin on the Chinese market originates from northern Burma. Apart from attempting to address domestic consumption problems, the Chinese government has also created a poppy substitution development programme, and has been actively promoting Chinese companies…

Publications February 24, 2012

Myanmar declares war on opium

Myanmar produced an estimated 610 tonnes in 2011, making it the world's second-biggest opium supplier after Afghanistan. Now, emerging from half a century of military dictatorship, Myanmar says it wants to buck that trend.

Publications February 20, 2012

TNI drug policy briefing Nr. 38 - USAID’s Alternative Development policy in Colombia

Before examining the key aspects of USAID’s alternative development policy and its implementation throughout these phases, this briefing paper describes the context in which these programs were executed in Colombia.

Publications October 24, 2011

TNI Drug Policy Briefing No 36 - Alternative development from the perspective of Colombian farmers

Alternative development programmes have been widely discussed from the point of view of experts, technocrats, politicians and academics, with advocates and detractors debating whether such programmes contribute to decreasing the cultivation of llegal crops. However, little is known about the…

Publications July 14, 2011

Between Reality and Abstraction: Guiding Principles and developing alternatives for illicit crop producing regions in Peru

The key question we should ask is whether these Guiding Principles will help break the failed logic applied until now, which has prioritised forced eradication and added development as an afterthought.

Publications March 5, 2013

Assessing supply-side policy and practice: Eradication and alternative development

This paper analyses current efforts to reduce the production of illicit drug crops.

Publications February 23, 2011

IDPC Media Information Pack (version 2)

This document provides information and easily accessible background resources on key issues related to the UN drug control system.

Publications February 15, 2011

Executive summary of IDPC Drug Policy Guide in Arabic

IDPC is pleased to announce that the executive summary of our Drug Policy Guide is now available in Arabic.

Publications January 28, 2011

IDPC Drug Policy Guide - Georgian

IDPC is pleased to announce that the IDPC Drug Policy Guide is now available in Georgian.

Publications January 28, 2011

TNI Drug Policy Briefing No.33 - Alternative Development or Business as Usual? China’s Opium Substitution Policy in Burma and Laos

The Chinese Government's opium substitution programmes in northern Burma and Laos have brought some developments, but have concomitantly had serious negative consequences for China’s two neighbours.

Publications November 24, 2010

IDPC Briefing Paper - Drug policy and development: How action against illicit drugs impacts on the Millennium Development Goals

This short paper highlights some of the impacts of current repressive and/or narrow drug control policies on broader development goals.

Publications October 28, 2010

Executive Summary of IDPC Drug Policy Guide

The executive summary of the IDPC Drug Policy Guide is now available in Czech, English, French, Italian, Russian and Spanish.

Publications September 20, 2010

IDPC Advocacy Note - Some initial high priorities for Mr. Fedotov, the new Executive Director of UNODC

On 9 July 2010, the UN Secretary General appointed Russian Ambassador Yuri V. Fedotov as the next Executive Director of UNODC. In welcoming Mr. Fedorov, IDPC outlines in this advocacy note the critical challenges that he will face as he takes up office, and proposes key recommendations.

Publications August 25, 2010

Shoveling water - War on drugs, war on people

This is a journey to the heart of Colombia where aerial fumigations have had devastating consequences for the people on the ground.

Publications July 21, 2010

University of the Andes - 'Illicit Drugs in Colombia'

This book aims to contribute to the public debate about illicit drugs in Colombia by bringing together contributions from different fields to the study of drug policy in Colombia. The first part of the book is devoted to describing the dimension of cocaine production and trafficking and the extent…

Publications March 23, 2010

International Drug Policy Consortium

Alternative livelihoods