The first version of this guide has been posted on the IDPC website. It serves as an introduction to the structure and operation of the UN drug control system, and describes the forthcoming process of review leading to the political meeting in 2009.
New Zealand Drug Foundation (Te Tuapapa Tarukino o Aotearoa) Policy Position, August 2007This paper presents the New Zealand Drug Foundation's policy position on reducing alcohol and other drugs (AOD) problems in New Zealand's criminal justice system.
TNI Drug Policy Briefing No. 24, September 2007The report points out that the main policy instruments aiming to tackle opium production in Afghanistan - eradication of opium poppy fields and implementing alternative livelihoods projects - are missing their targets.
This IDPC Briefing reviews the data in the latest report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime on the state of the global market, criticises the claims made in the report that international action is successfully controlling the market, and questions the political objectivity of the UNODC as we approach the review of the global objectives set in 1998.
This article by Jamie Bridge describes the impact that policing practice can have on harm reduction approaches - as well as the efforts that have been made to engage law enforcement personnel in harm reduction interventions and training.
With Afghanistan now responsible for more than 90 per cent of the world's opium production, there is massive international pressure for repressive policies.