This position paper describes the concerns of some Consortium members at the apparent policy differences emerging between different United Nations agencies, and individual member states, in the run up to the annual meeting of the UN agency responsible for oversight of the global drug control system.
This report tracks the history of the concept of organized crime and its metamorphosis into a 'transnational' phenomenon allegedly posing a serious threat to global world order.
In this letter to the US Department of State drafted in 2004, former UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa condemns harm reduction interventions.
Compiling statements given at the 2004 session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, this IHRD-produced volume argues that unduly strict interpretation of UN drug control treaties undermines HIV prevention efforts by discouraging countries from implementing effective, realistic, and compassionate…
On 29 January 2004, an amendment to the drug laws came into effect in the UK that moved cannabis and its derivatives from Class B to Class C under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, the primary drug control legislation in the UK.
This new IHRD report details successful efforts from around the world to offer drug users antiretroviral treatment (ARV) and the dangers of failing to do so.
This handbook looks at the complex nature of the collaborative process from formation to the realisation, or otherwise, of agreed targets. It suggests ways of working around the ‘barriers’ that are likely to be encountered along the way. It could be relevant in the field of drug policy.
The project sought to enhance the understanding of police as to how they could support the Australian National Drug Strategy in four specific areas - preventing and minimising the impact of drug overdoses; encouraging safer illicit drug use practices; encouraging entry into treatment programs;…
The emergence of HIV/AIDS, and its rapid spread among injecting drug users (IDUs), meant that effective strategies had to be developed and adopted – these effective strategies form the harm reduction approach. Harm reduction can co-exist with supply and demand reduction but its focus is on public…
This paper aims to determine whether supervised medical prescription of heroin can successfully treat dependent users who do not sufficiently benefit from methadone maintenance treatment.
This article discusses the longstanding conflict within the UN system between nations wanting to maintain the prohibition regime and those hoping for a more pragmatic approach to drug policy.
