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Advanced seminar on amphetamine use for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

1 - 3 September 2010

Prague, Czech Republic

This three-day training is designed to assist public health professionals in acquiring an understanding of work with stimulant users and will equip them with the skills required to analyse local drug situation with respect to the types of stimulant drugs.

Events 24 June 2010

Methamphetamine: Fact vs. fiction and lessons from the crack hysteria

12 February 2014 18:00-20:00

New York, USA

This panel will explore illicit methamphetamine use and its consequences, including alarmist propaganda and the flawed policies that have followed.

Events 12 February 2014

2014 Australian Drugs Conference: Ice & Altered Realities

14 - 15 October 2014

Melbourne, Australia

The conference will connect research, policy and practice to illuminate the contributing factors and possible solutions to the challenges related to problematic drug use.

Events 12 August 2014

Launch of the latest report on the EU drug market, by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and Europol

5 April 2016 13:00

Brussels, Belgium

The report combines the analytical power of the EMCDDA’s drug monitoring system with Europol’s operational intelligence on trends in organised crime.

Events 4 March 2016

IDPC Drug Policy Guide

Welcome to the second edition of the IDPC Drug Policy Guide. The Guide brings together global evidence and examples of best practice to provide guidance on the review, design and implementation of national drug policies.

Publications March 15, 2012

Decrease in use of ecstasy/MDMA in Australia

Recent data from the Australian Institute of Criminology’s Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) program indicate a decrease in the use of ecstasy among police detainees.

Publications February 22, 2012

TNI/IDPC Expert Seminar on Herbal Stimulants and Legal Highs

A grey area has emerged between what is legal and what is not as states struggle with how to respond to the many new synthetic compounds emerging onto the market. The Expert Seminar on Herbal Stimulants and Legal highs was an initiative of the Transnational Institute ('TNI') working together with…

Publications January 24, 2012

Extent of illicit drug use and dependence, and their contribution to the global burden of disease

This paper summarises data for the prevalence, correlates, and probable adverse health consequences of problem use of amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, and opioids. We discuss findings from systematic reviews of the prevalence of illicit drug use and dependence, remission from dependence, and…

Publications January 9, 2012

Amphetamine: a European Union perspective in the global context

Highlighting the role of cooperation between law enforcement agencies in different countries, the study points to the need for a better understanding of illicit amphetamine markets to underpin a more effective and informed policy response.

Publications December 16, 2011

Global SMART Programme 2011 Patterns and Trends of ATS and Other Drugs, Asia and the Pacific Report

East Asia and South-East Asia are major centres for the illicit manufacture of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS). There has been a significant expansion in the manufacture, trafficking and use of methamphetamines in the past five years. This, plus the increasing involvement of transnational…

Publications November 29, 2011

UNODC Global Smart Update 2011

The UNODC Global Synthetics Monitoring: Analyses, Reporting and Trends (SMART) Programme enhances the capacity of Member States in priority regions to generate, manage, analyse, report and use synthetic drug information to design effective policy and programme interventions.

Publications November 21, 2011

ATS and harm reduction: Findings from a workshop in Burma/Myanmar

On October, 2011, the Burnet Institute and the Transnational Institute (TNI) organised an informal two-day workshop on Harm Reduction and ATS in Myanmar. The 35-40 participants included local representatives from drug user organisations and peer outreach workers from different regions of Myanmar,…

Publications November 8, 2011

Amphetamine Type Stimulants and Harm Reduction: Experiences from Myanmar, Thailand and Southern China

This TNI briefing paper sheds light on the methamphetamine market in Southeast Asia and China, including patterns of supply and use. It highlights the urgent need for donors and governments to introduce effective harm reduction measures aimed at ATS users.

Publications October 12, 2011

UNODC - 2011 global ATS assessment

A new report by UNODC ranks amphetamine-type stimulants as the world's second most widely used type of drug after cannabis. Offering the most comprehensive and current analysis of the situation, the 2011 Global ATS Assessment notes that the expansion of the drug's trade and the high criminal…

Publications September 15, 2011

UNODC World Drug Report 2011

This report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime provides an overview of the global drug situation.

Publications June 23, 2011

WHO Technical brief on ATS No.4 - Therapeutic interventions for users of amphetamine-type stimulants

The interventions described in this brief adhere to internationally accepted principles of drug treatment, are evidence based and reflect a public health perspective. These are alternatives proposed to the predominantly law-enforcement approaches to ATS use currently common in the Asia–Pacific…

Publications June 17, 2011

WHO Technical brief on ATS No.3 - Principles of prevention and treatment for the use of amphetamine-type stimulants

The principles of treatment for ATS use are examined in the light of the principles of drug dependence treatment developed by WHO/UNODC in 2008. Recommendations were adapted to the needs of ATS users in Asia and the Pacific.

Publications June 17, 2011

WHO Technical brief on ATS No.2 - Harm reduction and brief interventions for ATS users

This brief outlines public health interventions directed at those who use amphetamine-type stimulants. Research indicates that the majority of ATS users are casual/experimental users who do not require intensive treatment interventions. Instead, they require information and counselling to…

Publications June 17, 2011

WHO Technical brief on ATS No.1 - Patterns and consequences of the use of amphetamine-type stimulants

This technical brief reviews the patterns and consequences of psychostimulant use. The physiological, medical and psychological consequences of low- or high-dose as well as short- or long-term amphetamine use are described. Amphetamine dependence and the risks for HIV and hepatitis infections…

Publications June 17, 2011

2010 Report of the International Narcotics Control Board

The report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2010 is now available online in English, Arabic, Chinese and Russian. It provides a survey of the global drug control situation.

Publications March 2, 2011

International Drug Policy Consortium

Amphetamine-type stimulants

Advanced seminar on amphetamine use for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Methamphetamine: Fact vs. fiction and lessons from the crack hysteria

2014 Australian Drugs Conference: Ice & Altered Realities

Launch of the latest report on the EU drug market, by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and Europol

IDPC Drug Policy Guide

Decrease in use of ecstasy/MDMA in Australia

TNI/IDPC Expert Seminar on Herbal Stimulants and Legal Highs

Extent of illicit drug use and dependence, and their contribution to the global burden of disease

Amphetamine: a European Union perspective in the global context

Global SMART Programme 2011 Patterns and Trends of ATS and Other Drugs, Asia and the Pacific Report

UNODC Global Smart Update 2011

ATS and harm reduction: Findings from a workshop in Burma/Myanmar

Amphetamine Type Stimulants and Harm Reduction: Experiences from Myanmar, Thailand and Southern China

UNODC - 2011 global ATS assessment

UNODC World Drug Report 2011

WHO Technical brief on ATS No.4 - Therapeutic interventions for users of amphetamine-type stimulants

WHO Technical brief on ATS No.3 - Principles of prevention and treatment for the use of amphetamine-type stimulants

WHO Technical brief on ATS No.2 - Harm reduction and brief interventions for ATS users

WHO Technical brief on ATS No.1 - Patterns and consequences of the use of amphetamine-type stimulants

2010 Report of the International Narcotics Control Board

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