Publications from IDPC Members

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26 January 2011

Young peer trainer's guide on sexual health and drug-related harm reduction education

This guide focuses on HIV prevention, substance use, and sexual health, and aims to empower and educate young people, reduce stigma and ultimately save lives.

26 January 2011

TNI Series on Legislative Reform of Drug Policies No.9 - Cannabis social clubs in Spain: A normalising alternative underway

This article outlines the nature and functioning of Spanish cannabis social clubs. It also proposes a better route for legalisation of drugs: rejecting the creation of an open trade system, similar to that of alcohol or tobacco and opting instead for a consumer-focused, non-profit model that avoids many of the risks inherent in a market dominated by the pursuit of economic profit.

15 December 2010

TNI/WOLA Report - Systems overload: Drug laws and prisons in Latin America

A comparative study on the impact of drug policies on the prison systems of eight Latin American countries reveals that drug laws have contributed to the prison crises these countries are experiencing.

25 November 2010

Measuring up - A guide for learners: HIV-related advocacy evaluation training for civil society organisations

The need for advocacy to address the challenges of HIV is widely acknowledged and accepted. This resource, published by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, brings together useful concepts and models identified from new literature on advocacy evaluation.

24 November 2010

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.

24 November 2010

Advancing the sexual and reproductive health and human rights of injecting drug users living with HIV

The policy briefing focusing on injecting drug users seeks to discover the key needs and rights of this community around sexual and reproductive health.

27 October 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.

26 October 2010

The death penalty for drug offences and international support for drug enforcement

The purpose of this briefing is to highlight the dangers associated with funding drug control activities in countries with capital drug laws as detailed in IHRA’s report 'Complicity or abolition?', and to provide recommendations to donor-countries.

26 October 2010

Abused and afraid in Ciudad Juarez - An analysis of human rights violations by the military in Mexico

The report focuses on human rights violations that occurred in Ciudad Juarez in the context of Joint Operation Chihuahua, which began in March 2008. The five cases described involve acts of torture, forced disappearance and sexual harassment of women by Mexican soldiers.

22 October 2010

ICSDP Report - Tools for debate: U.S. Government data demonstrates failure of cannabis prohibition

The International Centre for Science in Drug Policy has released new research that demonstrates the clear failure of U.S. marijuana prohibition and supports calls for evidence-based models to legalise and regulate the use of cannabis.

20 September 2010

Drug laws around the world

Drug laws vary widely from country to country. Some nations embrace various elements of a harm reduction approach, in which drug policies are set and evaluated with the goal of reducing the harm of drugs and drug policies. A few nations (most notably Portugal) are even exploring a post-prohibition model by decriminalizing drugs.

14 September 2010

Human Rights Watch Report - Needless pain, government failure to provide palliative care for children in Kenya

This Human Rights Watch report found that most Kenyan children with diseases such as cancer or HIV/AIDS are unable to get palliative care or pain medicines. The Kenyan government has taken a step in the right direction by establishing a few hospital palliative care units in recent years, but much more needs to be done to stop sick children from suffering needlessly.