Rick Lines, Olivia Howells and Daniel Webb* The availability of drugs in prisons around the world is well documented. In Europe alone, up to seventy percent of people in prison have used an illicit drug. In Canada, forty-eight percent of prisoners in federal correctional institutions have had ‘problems’ with drugs. In Australia, one in six…Continue Reading Drugs, Prisons and ‘Unintended Consequences’ – Does drug interdiction drive drug-related harms?
The Psychoactive Consumer and International Drug Policy: A Sweeping Sketch
The Psychoactive Consumer and International Drug Policy: A Sweeping Sketch Christopher Hallam, PhD GDPO Research Associate The role of the consumer, in its complexity and diversity, is often marginalised in analyses of drug policy. Of course, it is obvious that consumers play a part – if nobody were smoking, injecting, drinking or otherwise consuming psychoactive…Continue Reading The Psychoactive Consumer and International Drug Policy: A Sweeping Sketch
Better to Ask Forgiveness than Permission: Spain’s Sub-National Approach to Drug Policy
Better to Ask Forgiveness Than Permission: What the rest of the world can learn from Spain’s approaches to drug policy The movement for drug policy reform is a global one – and it has become increasingly important to look at what other countries are doing on drug policy to see what can be learned. Portugal’s…Continue Reading Better to Ask Forgiveness than Permission: Spain’s Sub-National Approach to Drug Policy
GDPO collaboration with Central European University on MPA student project
As part of its mission to provide dug policy research and publication opportunities for postgraduates and early career scholars, over the course of the past year the Global Drug Policy Observatory has been pleased to have worked with three second year students studying on the Master of Public Administration (MPA) course at the School of…Continue Reading GDPO collaboration with Central European University on MPA student project
Measuring Drug Policy Outcomes: Intersections with Human Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The following blog was first posted by Nazlee Maghsoudi, ICSDP, 07/05/2018 Original link; http://www.icsdp.org/measuring_drug_policy_outcomes_intersections_with_human_rights_and_the_sustainable_development_goals_sdgs For the sixth consecutive year, a side event was held at the 61st Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to continue the global discussion on reprioritizing the objectives and indicators used to evaluate drug policies. Pic 1Recent years have…Continue Reading Measuring Drug Policy Outcomes: Intersections with Human Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Yes, legalizing marijuana breaks treaties. We can deal with that.
By John Walsh, Tom Blickman, Martin Jelsma and Dave Bewley-Taylor This Op-Ed was originally published in iPolitics on December 11th, 2017 Buzzing in the background of Canada’s debate on cannabis legalization is the issue of the three UN drug control treaties, and what to do with them. The issue arose during the House of Commons’…Continue Reading Yes, legalizing marijuana breaks treaties. We can deal with that.
View from the Ground – Harm reduction, drug policy and the law in the Maghreb: focus on Tunisia and Mauritania
View from the Ground – Harm reduction, drug policy and the law in the Maghreb: focus on Tunisia and Mauritania Khalid Tinasti Honorary Research Associate, Swansea University July 2017 Introduction: The Maghreb countries – Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia – while seldom discussed, are crucial to global debates on drug control policies. These countries…Continue Reading View from the Ground – Harm reduction, drug policy and the law in the Maghreb: focus on Tunisia and Mauritania
British System, American Century: A short case study
British System, American Century: A short case study Chris Hallam This blog shows the intimate ties between the international and domestic domains of drug control. This is a well-known phenomenon; however, it involves considerable complexity. The lengths to which governments will go to reduce potential tension at the international level are apparent. This is especially…Continue Reading British System, American Century: A short case study
Trust in the Crypto-Drug Markets
By Juan Fernandez Ochoa Team Assistant – IDPC Despite perceived novelty, drugs have been online from the Internet’s very beginnings. Anecdotal as it may be, it is widely understood that the very first transaction on ARPANET involved a small amount of cannabis. Ever since, cyberspace has provided fertile ground for all sorts of drug-related exchanges. The appeal of the Internet for…Continue Reading Trust in the Crypto-Drug Markets
Preparing for 2019: Drug Policy Objectives and Indicators, System-wide Coherence and the Sustainable Development Agenda
Preparing for 2019: Drug Policy Objectives and Indicators, System-wide Coherence and the Sustainable Development Agenda Side event held at the 60th Commission on Narcotic Drugs offers insights into how drug policy indicators could aid in achieving the sustainable development agenda. Nazlee Maghsoudi, Knowledge Translation Manager at the ICSDP Click here to visit the CND Blog’s…Continue Reading Preparing for 2019: Drug Policy Objectives and Indicators, System-wide Coherence and the Sustainable Development Agenda