Publications

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31 August 2006

Treatment for dependent drug use - A guide for policy makers

Recent research into drug problems in a number of cultures and settings has indicated that a disproportionate amount of the harm and costs arising from drug use is associated with the relatively small proportion of dependent users. With the increasing recognition of the scale of the problems associated with dependent drug use, and that these problems cannot simply be resolved by enforcement action against the target group, treatment for drug addiction has progressed in the last 20 years from being a marginal and poorly resourced activity to, in many countries, the central pillar of the national drug policy.

31 July 2006

The Drug-Laden balloon: US military assistance and coca production in the Central Andes

This article explores the empirical effects of U.S. drug policy on coca cultivation in the Central Andes. It assesses the impact of U.S. military assistance on the production of coca in the Central Andes, while controlling for other explanatory variables that influence coca cultivation.

15 June 2006

Measuring different aspects of problem drug use: methodological developments

These studies provided estimates which were the best available at the time, but they were conceived as a starting point for further developments and hence also identified a number of ways in which they needed to be improved.

28 January 2006

Impact of a medically supervised safer injection facility on community drug use patterns: a before and after study

Illicit use of injected drugs is linked with high rates of HIV infection and fatal overdose, as well as community concerns about public drug use. Supervised injecting facilities have been proposed as a potential solution, but fears have been raised that they might encourage drug use.

1 January 2006

TNI Research Paper - Smokable Cocaine and Crack in Brazil: A Quick Scan on the Market By Tom Blickman in Brazil

In Brazil, the first large crack consumption market appeared at the end of he 1980s in São Paulo and expanded during the 1990s reaching its peak halfway the decade.

1 January 2006

DRAG Policy Paper Number 1 - Criminal justice drug policy in Ireland

This DPAG (www.drugpolicy.ie) paper outlines the need in Ireland for a review of the effectiveness of our present criminal justice drug policy.

1 January 2006

DPAG Policy Paper 2 - Social care and drug users in Ireland

This DPAG (www.drugpolicy.ie) paper examines the provision of formal i.e. specialist treatment services & drug agencies and generic social care services for problem drug users in Ireland.

1 January 2006

Beckley Briefing Paper Number 7 - Incarceration of drug offenders: Costs and impacts

This paper looks at the pros and cons of pursuing a policy of large-scale arrest and incarceration of drug users.

1 January 2006

Heroin treatment in Germany

Declaration on heroin treatment in Germany

1 January 2006

TNI Drug Policy Briefing Number 21 - Sending the wrong message: The INCB and the unscheduling of the coca leaf

The 2006 International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) report emitted a clear signal to the governments of Bolivia, Peru and Argentina that growing and using coca leaf is in conflict with international treaties, particularly the 1961 Single Convention.

1 January 2006

TNI Debate Paper Number 13 - Coca yes, cocaine no? Legal Options for the coca leaf

A simple leaf of an ancient plant will feature prominently on the international agenda this year.

1 January 2006

Beckley Briefing Paper Number 9 - UNAIDS & The prevention of HIV infection through injecting drug use

This paper describes the problems caused by injecting drug use as a mode of transmission of HIV, and the need for the global community to find effective methods of minimising that risk.