On May 12th the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, hosted a panel debate titled, ‘Rethinking Counter-narcotic Policies in Drug-producing Countries’. SOAS professor Jonathan Goodhand, chair of the debate, opened the discussion with an outline of a “political economy” approach to the drugs issue, one that would take account of the…Continue Reading Need for evidence-based, contextualised drug policy highlighted at SOAS expert debate