Domestic policy issues
|
| |
| The
Cocaine Trade March
2010 |
| Home Affairs Committee - Seventh Report [Parliament, UK] |
| |
| Parliamentary Handbook on HIV and AIDS February
2010 |
| Drug abuse is a predisposing factor in HIV transmission because it impairs
judgment, often leading to risky sexual behavior. Injecting drug use involving
the use of needles and syringes carries even greater risks [Cambodian Parliament] |
| |
| Drug
Policy Timeline February 2010 |
| The Australian (illicit) drug policy timeline has been updated: 1985-2010
[DPMP, Australia] |
| |
| Cross-government
drugs research strategy February
2010 |
| This strategy provides a foundation, direction and guidance for collaboration
within government and between government and other stakeholders [Home Office,
UK] |
| |
| Crime
and the Criminal Justice System: Substance Misuse February
2010 |
| An Ideas Wales Policy Discussion Paper by Julian Buchanan, Jonathan Evans,
Gordon Hughes and Kate Williams [Ideas Wales, UK] |
| |
| Iran's
30-Year War on Drugs February 2010 |
| Over the past 30 years, the poisonous effects of Afghanistan's narcotics
industry have steadily transformed Iran's law enforcement and border security
institutions, forcing drastic changes in the way Iran deals with what has
become a burgeoning transnational narco-insurgency on its southeastern
frontier with Pakistan and Afghanistan [World Politics Review] |
| |
| Review
of Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 February 2010 |
| 'Controlling and regulating drugs' (NZLC IP16, Wellington 2010) is an
Issues Paper which traces the history of drug policy and regulation in
New Zealand, and reviews the current approach to drug control and regulation
[Law Commission, New Zealand] |
| |
| Claire
Sweeney February 2010 |
| New FEAD contributor Claire Sweeney is currently Portfolio manager,
Audit Scotland - 16 videos [FEAD, UK] |
| |
| Drugs
and Harm: A New Agenda for a New Government? February 2010 |
| 50 people gathered at Cumberland Lodge to discuss the UK's drug control
system and how it could be improved [Cumberland Lodge, UK] |
| |
| Parliamentary
Briefing February 2010 |
| The latest parliamentary briefing from the [National Treatment Agency
for Substance Misuse, UK] |
| |
| The NSDUH
Report - Substance Use Treatment Need among Uninsured Workers February
2010 |
| An estimated 3.0 million uninsured full-time workers (16.3 percent) needed
substance use treatment in the past year; specifically, 13.3 percent needed
alcohol use treatment, 5.6 percent needed illicit drug use treatment, and
2.7 percent needed both alcohol and illicit drug use treatment [SAMHSA,
USA] |
| |
| National
Drug Control Budget February 2010 |
| FY 2011 Funding Highlights [White House, USA] |
| |
| FY
2011 Drug Control Program Highlights February 2010 |
| The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 National Drug Control Budget requests
$15.5 billion to reduce drug use and its consequences in the United States
[White House, USA] |
| |
| Beckley
Briefing paper - What can we learn from Sweden’s drug policy experience? January
2010 |
| This briefing paper will analyse Swedish drug control policy in its legal,
clinical, political, social and cultural dimensions and consider the claims
and policy-objectives it has been used to support. In the course of this
analysis, it will explore the implications of Sweden’s model, if any, for
other countries [International Drug Policy Consortium] |
| |
| “Skin on
the Cable” January 2010 |
| The Illegal Arrest, Arbitrary Detention and Torture of People Who Use
Drugs in Cambodia [Human Rights Watch] |
| |
| Commissioning
for Recovery January 2010 |
| An essential guide for drug action teams in England, which summarises
the best of current commissioning practice in the drug treatment field
[National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, UK] |
| |
| Misleading
and Misguided: Mandatory Prison Sentences for Drug Offences December
2009 |
| Brief to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
regarding Bill C-15, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances
Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. 19-page PDF [Canadian
HIV/AIDS Legal Network] |
| |
| Banned
- GBL and other 'legal highs' December 2009 |
| A range of former so called ‘legal highs’ including GBL, BZP and man-made
chemicals sprayed on herbal smoking products such as ‘Spice’ are now illegal
[Home Office, UK] |
| |
| Development
First December 2009 |
| A More Promising Approach to Reducing Cultivation of Crops for Illicit
Markets [WOLA] |
| |
| Redefining
Targets December 2009 |
| Towards a Realistic Afghan Drug Control Strategy [Transnational Institute] |
| |
| Home
Office Research Report 26 December 2009 |
| The Drug Treatment Outcomes Research Study (DTORS): Qualitative Study
[Home Office, UK] |
| |
| Home
Office Research Report 25 December 2009 |
| The Drug Treatment Outcomes Research Study (DTORS): Cost-effectiveness
analysis [Home Office, UK] |
| |
| Home
Office Research Report 24 December 2009 |
| The Drug Treatment Outcomes Research Study (DTORS): Final Outcomes Report
[Home Office, UK] |
| |
| Home
Office Research Report 23 December 2009 |
| Summary of key findings from the Drug Treatment Outcomes Research Study
(DTORS) [Home Office, UK] |
| |
| Consultation:
Australia's National Drug Strategy beyond 2009 December 2009 |
| The Consultation
Paper has been prepared on behalf of the MCDS by the Intergovernmental
Committee on Drugs National Drug Strategy Development Working Group.
The MCDS invites feedback on the paper [NDS, Australia] |
| |
| Adult
family members and carers of dependent drug users - full report November
2009 |
| The full 55-page PDF report by Prof.
Alex Copello, Lorna Templeton and Dr Jane Powell [UKDPC] |
| |
| The
Effects of Drug User Registration Laws on People’s Rights and Health November
2009 |
| Recent research has revealed that drug user registration laws in the
former Soviet Union unfairly restrict the civil rights of drug users and
impede their access to drug treatment. Key Findings from Russia, Georgia,
and Ukraine. 42-page PDF [Open Society Institute via IDPC] |
| |
| Local
Matters November
2009 |
| A new report "Making it Local" has been published which looks
at the functionality and status of DATs and other local drug partnerships.
In equal measure optimistic and critical, the report makes a series of
recommendations about how local structures could be supported to better
implement national strategy - while prioritising the needs of people directly
affected by drug use and local communities [Sara McGrail, UK] |
| |
| Transform
launch new guide to legal regulation of drugs in the House of Commons November
2009 |
| ' After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation' has been launched
at an event in the House of Commons, with simultaneous launches taking
place in the US (at the Drug Policy Alliance conference in Albuquerque
), Australia and Mexico. December will see further launch events in Brazil
and the EU parliament [TDPF, UK] |
| |
| Policies
to Prevent Drug Problems November 2009 |
| This document focuses primarily on policy research needed to prevent
problems associated with illegal drugs in the United States. 36-page PDF
[RWJF, USA] |
| |
| The
Effects of Drug User Registration Laws on People’s Rights and Health November
2009 |
| Key Findings from Russia, Georgia, and Ukraine. 42-page PDF [Open Society
Institute] |
| |
| Estimating
drug harms: a risky business? October 2009 |
| Professor David Nutt Eve Saville Lecture 2009. 13-page PDF [Centre for
Crime and Justice Studies, King’s College, UK] |
| |
| The
Cocaine Trade - Home Affairs committee: Witnesses October
2009 |
1. Paul Hayes, Chief Executive, National Treatment Agency for Substance
Misuse, and The Priory Hospital
2. Professor Nutt, Chair, Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs |
| |
| Communities
for Health: unlocking the energy within communities to improve health October
2009 |
| These local reports show what can be achieved to make a real difference
to peoples’ lives when local partners work together with the communities
they serve. 183-page PDF [DoH, UK] |
| |
| Medical marijuana October
2009 |
| Review and analysis of federal and state policies. 50-page PDF [Congressional
Research Service, USA] |
| |
| NTA
Annual report October 2009 |
| Recovery begins here - The year in numbers - Sustaining recovery - Changing
behaviour - Joined-up thinking for better outcomes - Information value
- The grass-roots response - NTA board and staff. 16-page PDF [NTA, UK] |
| |
| The
Substance Abuse Policy Research Program Releases 5-Year Research Roadmap October
2009 |
| On October 2, 2009, SAPRP released research agendas on tobacco, drug
and alcohol abuse and treatment to identify proven policies and highlight
the major outstanding questions that must be explored during the next five
years [SAPRP, USA] |
| |
| NTA
board meeting - 6 OCtober 2009 October 2009 |
| Papers are now available [NTA, UK] |
| |
| Annual
Report 2008 September 2009 |
| The fourth edition of the Office of the Director of Mental Health Annual
Report [Office of the Director of Mental Health, Australia] |
| |
| LDAN
Briefing on Domestic Violence and Substance Misuse September
2009 |
| It is important to address the underlying complexities of both the substance
misuse and violent behaviour to fully support and protect the families
and individuals involved [LDAN, UK] |
| |
| National
Drug Research Institute Annual Report 2008: Preventing harmful drug use
in Australia September 2009 |
| During 2008, NDRI researchers were involved in over 110 projects, many
of which are expected to result in a direct influence on policy, practice
and the community [NDRI, Australia] |
| |
| Untreatable
or just hard to treat? September 2009 |
| Results of the Randomised Injectable Opioid Treatment Trial (RIOTT) [King’s
Health Partners, UK] |
| |
| Comparing
the drug situation across countries: Problems, Pitfalls and Possibilities September
2009 |
| This briefing paper seeks to compare the drugs situation in a number
of developed countries. Data from six European countries, the United States,
Canada, Australia and New Zealand are included [Beckley Foundation Drug
Policy Programme] |
| |
| National
Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 September 2009 |
| The overall strategic objective for the National Drugs Strategy 2009–2016
is: To continue to tackle the harm caused to individuals and society by
the misuse of drugs through a concerted focus on the five pillars of supply
reduction, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and research [Department
of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Ireland] |
| |
| Doing
Better for Children September 2009 |
| This unique report was commissioned by the Scottish Recovery Network
and is the result of a long-standing project to investigate carers' perspectives
of recovery and experiences supporting recovery. 47-page PDF [Scottish
Recovery Network, UK] |
| |
| Pathway
to Home September 2009 |
| The Way Home 2008-2013 and realising the 2010 Vision of the Homeless
Agency Partnership’s action plan on homelessness in Dublin. 140-page PDF
[Homeless Agency via drugsandalcohol.ie, Ireland] |
| |
| Recovery
and the UK Drug Treatment System: key dimensions of change August
2009 |
| This discussion aims to develop the ongoing debate about the future of
the Drug Treatment field in the United Kingdom. It takes up certain themes
from the current debates and discussions about the Recovery Orientation
in drug treatment and seeks to locate these discussions historically in
terms of a paradigm analysis, but also contemporaneously in terms of other
key dimensions of current change.. 73-page PDF [Ian Wardle, CEO, Lifeline
Project, UK] |
| |
| All
Wales Review of Substance Misuse Prescribing Services August
2009 |
| This first review 129-page
PDF has focused on the commissioning and provision of
substitute drugs such as methadone which is used to help manage and
reduce the use of illegal opiate drugs such as heroin. The review has
also established an overview of substance misuse services across Wales
and a baseline of provision which will be used to inform future reviews.
[Healthcare Inspectorate Wales, UK] |
| |
| Modelling
pharmacotherapy maintenance in Australia exploring August
2009 |
| Exploring affordability, availability, accessibility and quality using
system dynamics. 80-page PDF [Australian National Council on Drugs] |
| |
| FEAD (Film Exchange on Alcohol and
Drugs) August 2009 |
| A resource that brings short video presentations from leading figures
in the alcohol and drugs field direct to your screen. The contributors
cover a range of topics honestly and directly - including: achievements,
problem areas, and reflections on the field's history. Many people have
found the website useful in helping discussions and expanding on practice
and theory. Please feel free to use the material to enrich your events,
seminars, groups, teaching etc |
| |
| Drug
Policy Timeline August 2009 |
| The Australian (illicit) drug policy timeline has been updated: 1985-2009.
Please feel free to email through any comments or suggested inclusions
to caitlin.hughes@unsw.edu.au.
58-page PDF [DPMP, Australia] |
| |
| ACMD
report on the major cannabinoid agonists August
2009 |
| This report draws on much of the evidence cited in the European Monitoring
Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) recent assessment of the synthetic
cannabinoid receptor agonists, based on an expert meeting held in Lisbon
on 6th March 2009. 29-page PDF [ACND, UK] |
| |
| NTA
Business Plan 2009/10 August
2009 |
| The role of the NTA, Action for 2009-10, Risk management, NTA resources,
NTA budget. 25-page PDF [NTA, UK] |
| |
| How
Opium Profits the Taliban August 2009 |
| This report illustrates how—for more than three decades of conflict in
Afghanistan—the opium trade has become deeply embedded in the politics
of the region. 44-page PDF [United States Institute of Peace] |
| |
| Putting
science and engineering at the heart of government policy August
2009 |
| This memorandum provides a brief description of the use of scientific
evidence within drug policy and reaches some conclusions about how this
can be improved [UKDPC] |
| |
| Drug
and Alcohol Strategy 2009-2014 July 2009 |
| This is the fourth Drug and Alcohol Strategy the Department has produced
[Department of Corrections, New Zealand Government] |
| |
| Refocusing
Drug-Related Law Enforcement to Address Harms July 2009 |
| This report describes the findings of a project conducted by the UK Drug
Policy Commission that seeks to consider how an explicit refocusing of
drug law enforcement on the reduction of drug-related harms could deliver
a real impact on the drug related harms experienced by individuals and
communities. 96-page PDF [UKDPC] |
| |
| Moving
towards Real Impact Drug Enforcement - Briefing July 2009 |
| Strategy and policy implications. 16-page PDF [UKDPC] |
| |
| Country
overviews July 2009 |
| A structured synopsis of the trends and characteristics of national drug
problems. They consist of a summary of the national drug situation, key
statistics at a glance and a barometer showing the drug use prevalence
position of each country - July update [EMCDDA] |
| |
| ACMD
Annual Report 2008-09 July 2009 |
| This report gives a summary of the main issues the ACMD considered between
April 2008 - March 2009 as well as information about its terms of reference,
committees and working groups and membership and administrative arrangements.
32-page PDF [Home Office, UK] |
| |
| From Golden
Triangle to Rubber Belt ? July
2009 |
| The Future of Opium Bans in the Kokang and Wa Regions [TNI, Netherlands] |
| |
| ADCA
Strategic Plan 2009-2012 July 2009 |
| This Strategic Plan emphasises that ADCA must work in collaboration with
a wide range of partners, and build effective partnerships both within
and outside the AOD sector. 8-page PDF [ADCA, Australia] |
| |
| Diversity:
learning from good practice in the field July 2009 |
| This report highlights good practice in diversity, based on interviews
with local drug partnerships that performed well in a related service review.
28-page PDF [NTA, UK] |
| |
| Equality
and diversity July 2009 |
| This is the first detailed investigation into knowledge of drugs and
drug services among a range of black and minority ethnic groups in England: South
Asian, Black
African, Black
Caribbean, Kurdish, Turkish
Cypriot and Turkish, Chinese
and Vietnamese [NTA, UK] |
| |
| A
guide to improving practice in housing for drug users June
2009 |
| Offering fresh insight into the development, planning and delivery of
housing and related support services for drug users, it introduces new
ways of joined-up working that will help to improve practice. 16-page PDF
[Home Office, UK] |
| |
| European
Drug Policy Survey June 2009 |
| This is a report on the results of a public poll survey on drug policy
opinions among the general adult population of 6 European Union member
states: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, The Netherlands, Sweden, and
Denmark. 21-page PDF [Hungarian Civil Liberties Union] |
| |
| Prominent
US drug policy experts provide critical testimony to Congress on last
8 years of White House Policy June 2009 |
| One by John
Carnevale and the second by Peter
Reuter and Jonathan Caulkins. Both submissions provide damning assessments
of the performance of the Office of National Drug Control Policy over
the last 8 years[IDPC] |
| |
| Submission
to the Home Affairs Select Committee Inquiry: The Cocaine Trade June
2009 |
| This submission will demonstrate how the criminalisation of cocaine is
at the root of many of the issues with which HASC is grappling in this
inquiry. 7-page PDF |
| |
| National
Offender Management Service drug strategy 2008-2011 June
2009 |
| The drug strategy provides staff, delivery partners, service providers
and other stakeholders with an overview of the role NOMS will take in addressing
drug misuse and the crime it causes. PDFs Strategy - Action
plan - Getting
the message across [Home Office, UK] |
| |
| Alcohol
and other drug treatment services NMDS specifications: 2009-10 June
2009 |
| Data dictionary, collection guidelines and validation processes [AIHW,
Australia] |
| |
| Major Report on U.S. Tobacco
Control Policies and Use Finds Stark Contrasts in Progress Among States June
2009 |
| The United States is becoming a nation of haves and have-nots when it
comes to tobacco control, according to a comprehensive
publication (16.34MB) on cigarette smoking prevalence and
policies in the U.S. that was released today [University at Buffalo, USA] |
| |
| Recovery
and the UK Drug Treatment System: key dimensions of change June
2009 |
| This discussion aims to develop the ongoing debate about the future
of the Drug Treatment field in the United Kingdom. It takes up certain
themes from the current debates and discussions about the Recovery Orientation
in drug treatment and seeks to locate these discussions historically in
terms of a paradigm analysis, but also contemporaneously in terms of other
key dimensions of current change. 60 Pge PDF with References [Ian Wardle,
Lifeline, UK] |
| |
| Clean
Switch: The Case for Prison Needle and Syringe Programs in Canada June
2009 |
| This paper outlines the available evidence and the legal rationale, under
federal Canadian and international human rights law, for Canada to implement
PNSPs without delay. 44-page
PDF [Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network] |
| |
| Submission
to the Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions June
2009 |
| This submission provided advice to the Ontario Legislature’s Select Committee
on Mental Health and Addictions. 38-page PDF [Centre for Addiction and
Mental Health, Canada] |
| |
| Drug
Addiction Treatment and Rehabilitation June 2009 |
| This examination looked at all the main publicly-funded treatment and
rehabilitation services provided for persons with addiction to illegal
drugs. In particular, it looked at the extent to which the demand for treatment
and rehabilitation services is met, and the timeliness of access to treatment.
It also looked at the extent to which the effectiveness of treatment and
rehabilitation services are evaluated, and the effectiveness of the arrangements
for coordination of treatment and rehabilitation at an individual case
level, and nationally. 96-page PDF [Comptroller and Auditor General, Ireland] |
| |
| Presentations
from the 2009 National Drug Treatment Conference June 2009 |
| Full list of speaker presentations from the conference, along with online
audio of the main hall speeches, powerpoint presentations, abstracts and
biographies [Exchange Supplies, UK] |
| |
| Drug
Control Strategy June 2009 |
| 2010 Budget Summary. 204-page PDF [White House, USA] |
| |
| It's
their own fault for doing drugs May 2009 |
| Inaugural Professorial Lecture May 2009 - This lecture explored the negative
impact of the war on drugs upon drug users [Professor Julian Buchanan,
Glyndwr University, Wales, UK] |
| |
| Shoveling
Up II: The Impact of Substance Abuse on Federal, State and Local Budgets May
2009 |
| In this report, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
(CASA) at Columbia University has identified the total amount spent by
federal, state and local governments on substance abuse and addiction--the
first time such an analysis has ever been undertaken. 176-page PDF [CASA.
USA] |
| |
| The
Road to Recovery: One year On May 2009 |
| A progress report detailing achievements over the last year following
the publication of Scotland's drugs strategy "The Road to Recovery" [Scottish
Government, UK] |
| |
| The
Phoney Argument For a New Drug War May
2009 |
| This detailed critique of the Centre for Policy Studies report 'The Phoney
War on Drugs' was prepared by Axel Klein, Lecturer in the Study of Addictive
Behaviour, Centre for Health Service Studies, University of Kent [TDPF,
UK] |
| |
| Non-government
organisations in the alcohol and other drugs sector May
2009 |
| Issues and options for sustainability [ANCD, Australia] |
| |
| The
Story of Drug Treatment May 2009 |
| A timely look back, and forwards, at the achievements and challenges
of the drug treatment system in England. 8-page PDF [NTA, UK] |
| |
| National Prescription
Drug Threat Assessment 2009 May 2009 |
| This assessment examines current nonmedical use of prescription-type
psychotherapeutic drugs and discusses their distribution, the societal
impact of diversion and abuse, and Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
that have been established legislatively in many states to stem diversion
and abuse [NDIC, USA] |
| |
| Building
on Our Strengths May 2009 |
| Canadian Standards for Youth Substance Abuse Prevention.
71-page PDF [Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse] |
| |
| Strengthening
our Collective Responses May 2009 |
| Strategic Plan 2009-2013. 36-page PDF [Dublin 12 Local
Drugs Task Force, Ireland] |
| |
| The
Phoney War on Drugs May 2009 |
| In The Phoney War on Drugs, published today by the Centre
for Policy Studies, author Kathy Gyngell shows that the UK has one of the
most liberal drugs policies in Europe, combined with one of the worst enforcement
and drug use records. 82-page PDF [Centre for Policy Studies] |
| |
| Evaluation
of the Mandatory Drug Testing of Arrestees Pilot May 2009 |
| Findings of a process evaluation and cost effectiveness
analysis of the three Mandatory Drug Testing of Arrestees pilot schemes
in Scotland [Scottish Government, UK] |
| |
| Making
Sense of Australia’s Alcohol Guidelines April 2009 |
| An NCETA workforce development tool |
| |
| The
Story of Drug Treatment April 2009 |
| A timely look back, and forwards, at the achievements
and challenges of the drug treatment system in England [NTA, UK] |
| |
| The
2008 drug strategy: one year on April 2009 |
| The government published the new drug strategy on 27
February 2008. In the year since its publication there has been a great
deal of progress [Home Office] |
| |
| Report
of the Alcohol and Drugs Delivery Reform Group April 2009 |
| [Scottish Government, UK] |
| |
| Planning,
commissioning and delivering the training and employment pathway for
problem drug users April 2009 |
| Developing practice for drug partnerships, Jobcentre
Plus and drug treatment providers [National Treatment Agency, UK] |
| |
| Misleading
and Misguided: Mandatory Prison Sentences for Drug Offences (April 2009) April
2009 |
| Brief for submission April 22, 2009 to the House of Commons
Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights regarding Bill C-15, An
Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential
amendments to other Acts,. 18-page PDF [Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network] |
| |
| Scotland’s
growing drug and alcohol problem needs a coordinated effort across the
whole public sector March
2009 |
| An Audit Scotland report, Drug and alcohol services in
Scotland, provides further evidence of Scotland’s growing problem
with drug and alcohol misuse [Audit Scotland, UK] |
| |
| To
reduce health risks from Drinking Alcohol March 2009 |
| Australian Guidelines. 179-page PDF [NHMRC, Australia] |
| |
| Clarifying
Rationale for Research and Development Funding Decisions Would Increase
Accountability March 2009 |
| We are recommending that the ONDCP Director identify
the role that different factors played in funding decisions, and document
the basis for selecting specific R&D project concepts for funding,
including the rationale for selecting certain project concepts over others.
ONDCP agreed with the findings and recommendation in this report and stated
that identifying and documenting the director’s decision making process
should promote greater transparency in funding decisions and accountability
for the best use of R&D funds. 52-page PDF [United States Government
Accountability Office] |
| |
| Crack
cocaine in the Dublin Region February 2009 |
| An evidence base for a crack cocaine strategy. 142-page
PDF [HRB, Ireland] |
| |
| A
review of MDMA ('ecstasy'), its harms and classification under the Misuse
of Drugs Act 1971 (2009) February 2009 |
| The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs considers
that a review of MDMA would be timely given: that there is a greater body
of scientific evidence now available since the ACMD’s last advice
to Ministers; the further information available on current use; and the
length of time since the ACMD last provided advice to Ministers. 49-page
PDF [Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, Home Office, UK] |
| |
| 2007
National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) January
2009 |
| This 216 page publication provides the latest national
and State level data on the location, characteristics, and utilization
of alcohol and drug treatment facilities and services [SAMHSA, USA] |
| |
| Future
Service Directions January 2009 |
| Government Releases Five Year Plan to Deliver Increased
Support for Tasmanians Affected by Alcohol and other Drugs. 40-page PDF
[Victorian Government, Australia] |
| |
| Raising
expectations and increasing support: reforming welfare for the future December
2008 |
| This White Paper 'Raising expectations and increasing
support: reforming welfare for the future' sets out how we plan to take
our proposals forward as part of our vision for a personalised welfare
state, where more support is matched by higher expectations for all [Department
for Work and Pensions, UK] |
| |
| Crack
cocaine in the Dublin region October 2008 |
| An evidence base for a crack cocaine strategy. 142-page
PDF [HRB, Ireland] |
| |
| The
2007/08 national survey of investment in mental health services October
2008 |
| This is the sixth annual report presenting the results
of the finance mapping exercise carried out as part of the autumn review
process. It provides details of the level of investment in adult mental
health services in England for 2007/08 and compares it with the reported
results in the five previous years. [DoH, UK] |
| |
| National
Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Strategy 2008-2011 October
2008 |
| The National Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Strategy 2008-2011
(the Strategy) has been developed within the existing legislative framework
and focuses on prevention, supply reduction and treatment in a partnership
framework [National Drug Strategy, Australia] |
| |
| Working
Together to Reduce Harm October
2008 |
| "Working Together to Reduce Harm” is the Welsh
Assembly Government's new 10 year substance misuse strategy which aims
to set out a clear national agenda for tackling and reducing the harms
associated with substance misuse in Wales. Full
report 89-page PDF and the Implementation
plan 16-page PDF [Welsh Assembly Government, UK] |
| |
| 2008
Marijuana Sourcebook [August 2008] |
| 2008 Marijuana Sourcebook contains important data on
marijuana in the United States including the latest use patterns and trends,
health effects, criminal justice aspects, supply sources, and information
regarding so-called “medical marijuana.”. 28-page PDF [Pushing
Back, ONDCP, USA] |
| |
| Submission
to the Senate Inquiry Into Ready-To drink [August 2008] |
| This focus needs to go beyond focussing solely on youth
and teenage drinking, but consider broader cultural questions of alcohol
consumption across Australian society and its impact in social, economic,
and health terms. 8-page PDF [VAADA, Australia] |
| |
| National
Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XIII: Teens and Parents [August
2008] |
| the 13th annual back-to-school survey conducted
by [The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia
University, USA] |
| |
| National
Action Plan on Mental Health 2006 – 2011 [August 2008] |
| 41-page PDF [Council of Australian Governments] |
| |
| National
Offender Management Service agency framework document [July
2008] |
| NOMS has the twin aims of protecting the public and reducing
reoffending. 45-page PDF [Ministry of justice, UK] |
| |
| Approaches
to Alcohol and Drugs in Scotland A Question of Architecture [June
2008] |
| A systemsmapping approach to how Scotland can reduce
the damage to its population through alcohol and drugs by half by 2025.
74-page PDF [Scotland's Futures Forum, UK] |
| |
| Approaches
to Alcohol and Drugs in Scotland: a Question of Architecture [June
2008] |
| Alcohol and drug use andmisuse is an immense and highly
complex challenge for policymakers in Scotland which can be addressed coherently.
7-page PDF. Executive summary [Scotland's Futures Forum, UK] |
| |
| Dimensions
of a manageable problem [June 2008] |
| A collection of expert views. 201-page PDF [Scotland's
Futures Forum, UK] [June 2008] |
| |
| Integrated
Care for Drug or Alcohol Users: Principles and Practice Update 2008 |
| Brings up to date 'Integrated care for Drug Users' first
published in 2002 [Scottish Government, UK] [June 2008] |
| |
| Scottish
Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse: Psychostimulant Project Group Report [June
2008] |
| Scottish Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse report identifying
the extent and impact of psychostimulant use in Scotland; making recommendations
on how to improve access, range and quality of services available to psychostimulant
users [Scottish Government, UK] |
| |
| Scottish
Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse - Essential Care Working Group Report [June
2008] |
| The Essential Care report concluded that recovery should
be the main focus of treatment and care for people with problem substance
us. The Government accepts all the recommendations in Essential Care and
the response outlines how this will be implemented through the new drugs
strategy and elsewhere [Scottish Government, UK] |
| |
| The
National Forum on Drug-related Deaths: Annual Report 2007 - The Scottish
Government's Response [June 2008] |
| The Government's response to the first Annual Report
from the National Forum on Drug-related Deaths outlines activity already
being carried out or planned in the Scottish drugs strategy and elsewhere
[Scottish Government, UK] |
| |
| Scottish
Advisory Committee on Drug Misuse: Integrated Care for Substance Misusers
Project Group - Final Report [June 2008] |
| This final report draws together all the strands of work
sponsored by the group, including the Essential Care rreport and an update
of Integrated Care for Drug Users and makes several recommendations for
implementing improvvements in service integration [Scottish Government,
UK] |
| |
| The
Road to Recovery: A New Approach to Tackling Scotland's Drug Problem [June
2008] |
| The Scottish Government's new national drugs strategy
that focuses on recovery but also looks at prevention, treatment and rehabilitation,
education, enforcement and protection of children [Scottish Government,
UK] |
| |
| National
corrections drug strategy [May 2008] |
| The ANCD would like to acknowledge the support of all
the adult, juvenile and community corrections Ministers & senior administrators
in Australia for their support and approval of this strategy. PDF [ANCD,
Australia] |
| |
| Chemical
Reactions [May 2008] |
| Fumigation: Spreading Coca and Threatening Colombia’s
Ecological and Cultural Diversity. 32-page PDF [WOLA] |
| |
| National
Drug Policy 2006-2011: Report on Consultation Feedback [April
2008] |
| It encompasses views expressed by stakeholders at the
thirteen meetings, hui and fono throughout the country, and in the ninety-five
written submissions on the Consultation Document [National Drug Policy,
New Zealand] |
| |
| Essential
Care [March 2008] |
| A Report on the Approach Required to Maximise Opportunity
for Recovery from Problem Substance Use in Scotland [Scottish Government,
UK] |
| |
| DPA
Report Lays Out National Strategy for Methamphetamine [March
2008] |
| A new Drug Policy Alliance report, "A
Four-Pillars Approach to Methamphetamine: Policies for Effective Drug Prevention,
Treatment, Policing and Harm Reduction," evaluates current state and
federal methamphetamine policies and recommends major reforms [DPA, USA] |
| |
| What
Works? Effective Public Health Responses to Drug Use [March
2008] |
| Through hard experience, we have learned much about
the nature of addiction and what works in prevention and treatment. 15-page
PDF [ONDCP, USA] |
| |
Reducing
Drug Use, Reducing Reoffending [March 2008]
|
| Consultations with key stakeholders to inform the UK Drug Policy Commission
report. 14-page PDF [UK Drug Policy Commission] |
| |
What
Research Tells Us About the Reasonableness of the Current Priorities
of National Drug Control [2008]
|
| Testimony presented before the House Oversight and Government Reform
Committee, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy. 17-page PDF [RAND, USA] |
| |
National
Drugs Strategy 2001 – 2008 [2008] |
| In developing a new strategy for the next seven years, the Review Group
recognised that while much remains to be done, there are encouraging signs
of progress in recent years which suggests that the current approach to
tackling the drug problem is proving to be effective. 144-page PDF [Department
of Tourism, Sport & Recreation, Ireland] |
| |
| 2008
National Drug Control Policy [2008] |
| By addressing the epidemiology of drug use and the economics
of drug markets, the National Drug Control Strategy has produced measurable
results for the American people. 79-page PDF [White House, USA] |
| |
| The
Swedish action plan on narcotic drugs 2006-2010 [February
2008] |
| The Swedish action plan on narcotic drugs states that
long-term preventive work to achieve a drug-free society must continue.
The work at local level is crucial to achieving successful results. At
the same time cooperation within the EU and internationally must increase,
as almost all illegal drugs consumed come from outside Sweden. Children,
young people and parents will be given special priority as target groups
in the coming years [Government Offices of Sweden] |
| |
|
'Drugs:
protecting families and communities' - 2008-2018 strategy [2008]
|
|
The drug strategy aims to restrict the supply of illegal drugs and reduce
the demand for them. It focuses on protecting families and strengthening
communities. 68-page PDF [Home Office, UK]
|
| |
|
'Drugs:
protecting families and communities' Action plan 2008-2011 [2008]
|
|
The drug strategy covers a ten-year period to 2018, but its delivery
is underpinned by a series of three-year action plans. 32-page PDF [Home
Office, UK]
|
| |
|
Rehabilitation
Required [2008]
|
|
Russia’s Human Rights Obligation to Provide Evidence-based Drug
Dependence Treatment [Human Rights Watch]
|
| |
Monograh
#15 Priority areas in illicit drug policy: Perspectives of policy makers [March
2007] |
| This project set out to identify the priority areas in illicit drugs
from the perspective of government policy makers.
The impetus for the work was the second stage of the Drug Policy Modelling
Program (DPMP), a research program aimed at improving the evidence-base
for Australian drug policy. The identification of priority areas can
inform the DPMP workplan for the next five years. Whilst the project
had this overt purpose, the findings are also useful for a number of
audiences other than the DPMP research team.
It will be of interest to funding bodies and committees that consider
illicit drug policy – to review the extent of concordance between
the priorities raised here by bureaucrats and those of their own funding
body or committee.
It is also rich fodder for those seeking a relevant research topic – it
will hopefully engage and excite a researcher or new student to pick
up a drug-related research area.
Finally, it provides a snapshot of the state of play as at 2006 – hopefully
in a few years time we will be able to tick off some of the areas,
assess progress on relevant research, or review the extent to which
priorities have changed over time.
|
| |
The Market
for Amphetamine-type Stimulants and Their Precursors in Oceania |
| This study examines the market for amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS)
in Oceania including Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, and
the involvement of criminal organisations in that market. 149-page PDF |
| |
|
National Drug Threat
Assessment 2008
|
|
89-page PDF [United States Department of Justice]
|
| |
|
The
winnable war on drugs: The impact of illicit drug use on families
|
|
The Family and Human Services Committee tabled its report on the inquiry
into the impact of illicit drug use on families entitled The winnable
war on drugs [Parliament of Australian]
|
| |
|
Cannabis
in Australia - Use, supply, harms and responses
|
|
This monograph was written to provide an overview of the cannabis situation
in Australia at the present time, including patterns of use, supply,
harms and legislation. 475KB PDF [Drug Strategy Branch, Australian Government
Department of Health and Ageing, Australia]
|
| |
|
National
Drug Policy 2007-2012
|
|
The key goal of the National Drug Policy is to minimise the social,
economic and health harms of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs [Ministry
of Health, New Zealand]
|
| |
|
National
Development Plan 2007-2013. Transforming Ireland: A Better Quality
of Life for All
|
|
Some €319 million will be available over the period of the Plan under
the National Drugs Strategy Sub-Programme to continue the fight against
the causes and consequences of the abuse of illegal drugs. 265-page
PDF [Government publicatioon, Ireland]
|
| |
|
Hepatitis
C Action Plan for Scotland - Phase I
|
|
Hepatitis C Action Plan for the period September 2006 – August 2008
[Scottish Executive, UK]
|
| |
|
Director's
Report to the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse - February, 2007
|
|
[NIDA, USA]
|
| |
|
National
Drug Control Strategy
|
|
FY 2007 Budget Summary [ONDCP, USA]
|
| |
|
National
Cannabis Strategy 2006-2009
|
|
The National Cannabis Strategy 2006-2009, has been developed within
the existing legislative framework and focuses on prevention, supply
reduction and treatment in a partnership framework PDF [Australian
Government]
|
| |
|
Drug Situation Report
- 2006
|
|
The Drug Situation Report 2006 provides a strategic overview of the
illicit drug trade in Canada. This year, the Report features two new
sections: Drug-generated Proceeds and Emerging Trends [Royal Canadian
Mounted Police]
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|
2007
National Report (2006 data) to the EMCDDA by the Reitox National Focal
Point
|
|
The structure and content of this annual report are pre-determined by
the EMCDDA to facilitate comparison with similar reports produced by
the other European Focal Points.. 246-page PDF [UK Focal Point on Drugs
- Department of Health]
|
| |
Monograph
# 13 Scoping the potential uses of systems thinking in developing policy
on illicit drugs [December 2005]
|
| This monograph (No. 13) summarises pilot work to scope the potential
uses of systems thinking for developing illicit drug policy. Systems approaches
have the potential to offer much to drug policy analysis through their
use of participatory methods, capacity to deal with multiple simultaneous
policy options, and appreciation of the complexity, interconnectedness
and dynamic feedback loops associated with policy decisions. The monograph
outlines six systems approaches used by the New Zealand team in exploring
illicit drug policy. The results of in-depth interviews with five experienced
policy makers and a demonstration project around a policy issue are described.
The potential utility of systems approaches in illicit drug policy are
demonstrated. |
| |
Monograph
#12 Popular culture and the prevention of illicit drug use: A pilot
study of popular music and the acceptability of drugs [December
2005]
|
| This Monograph (No. 12) describes the work of the team at ANU in exploring
the relationship between popular music and drug use. Popular culture has
significant potential to influence drug prevention efforts. Popular culture
represents and can create the norms and cultural milieu that can either
encourage or discourage drug use. To date, there has been little systematic
endeavour to study the relationships between popular culture and the milieu
it creates around drugs. This pilot study concentrated on one aspect of
popular culture – music. The team interviewed a small group of young
people and people from the music industry to begin to explore the complex
set of potential associations between music and drug use. |
| |
Monograph
# 4 Australian illicit drugs policy: Mapping structures and processes [December
2005]
|
| This Monograph (No. 04) focuses on the policy making process. To achieve
our overarching goal of improving illicit drugs policy activity in Australia,
we need to improve the evidence base used by policy makers and to facilitate
their use of it. Our limited understanding of how policies are made is
one of the barriers to providing good decision support resources and processes.
In this feasibility research, the ANU team trialed three approaches that
are standard in political science but little used in illicit drugs research:
1) structural and institutional analysis; 2) reputational influence mapping;
and 3) interviews with influential policy makers and researchers. |
| |
Monograph
# 2 Drug policy interventions: A comprehensive list and a review of
classification schemes [December 2005]
|
This Monograph (No. 02) provides a comprehensive list of drug policy
interventions. The
authors identify a total of 107 different drug policy interventions, whilst
also noting that some interventions may still be missing, and that others
may describe and document drug policy interventions with different terms.
With such an undifferentiated and long list of drug policy interventions,
the issue of the ways in which these interventions are then coded and classified
is also addressed. Ten different taxonomies (classification schemes) are
reviewed and conclusions drawn in relation to which taxonomies prove useful
in describing the array of drug policy interventions. |
| |
Monograph
# 1 What is Australia's "drug budget"? The policy mix of
illicit drug-related government spending in Australia [December
2005]
|
| This Monograph (No 01), the first in the series, outlines work by Tim
Moore to establish estimates of government spending for the year 2002/03.
This is not a social cost (or burden of illness) study but an examination
of how much governments (federal, state and territory) spend on responses
to illicit drugs. Two types of spending have been identified: spending
on direct policy actions (such as drug treatment, or policing drug offences)
and spending on the indirect or consequential aspects of illicit drug use
(such as ambulance attendance at overdose). The former are referred to
as ‘proactive’ spending; the latter as ‘reactive spending’.
Proactive spending, the direct actions of government in relation to drug
policy, are broken down by type of intervention: prevention, treatment,
harm reduction, law enforcement and interdiction. The total estimate for
proactive illicit drug spending is $1.3 billion for 2002/03. Law enforcement
represents 42% and interdiction 14%, together comprising the majority of
spending. Prevention represents 23% and treatment 17%. Sensitivity analyses
reveal large plausible ranges for some of the figures. |
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|
Assessing U.S.
Drug Problems and Policy
|
|
A Synthesis of the Evidence to Date
|
|
Research brief RB-9110-DPRC, 2005 RAND
|
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|
Beckley
Briefing Paper 14. 'The Effects of Decriminalisation of Drug Use in
Portugal'
|
|
In 2004, the Beckley Foundation reported on the legal changes that took
place in Portugal in 2001, which effectively decriminalised the possession
and use of all drugs, and diverted those arrested into education or treatment
programmes (Allen, Trace, & Klein, 2004). This report aims to provide
an updated overview of the effects of these changes. 10-page PDF [IDPC]
|
| |
| The
Economics of Effective AIDS Treatment |
| Evaluating Policy Options for Thailand [World Bank] |
| |
Inquiry
into the manufacture, importation and use of amphetamines and other
synthetic drugs (AOSD) in Australia
|
|
This report provides an overview of the production and consumption of
AOSD in Australia and discusses the extent to which organised crime is
involved in manufacture and distribution. It examines the National Drug
Strategy, reviews its main aims and effectiveness, and provides a brief
overview of the key policy and research bodies that oversee and have
input into the policy [Australian Policy Online]
|
| |
|
Drug Control
|
|
U.S. Assistance Has Helped Mexican Counternarcotics Efforts, but the
Flow of Illicit Drugs into the United States Remains High. 29-page PDF
[GAO, USA]
|
| |
|
U.S. Counternarcotics
Strategy for Afghanistan
|
|
Compiled by the Coordinator for Counternarcotics and Justice Reform
in Afghanistan, Ambassador Thomas A. Schweich, U.S. Department of State
|
| |
|
EMCDDA
publishes Country situation summaries for 28 countries
|
|
Country situation summaries provide a quick, structured overview of
the trends and characteristics of national drug problems [EMCDDA]
|
| |
|
London:
The highs and the lows 2
|
|
A 198-page PDF report from the [Greater London Alcohol and Drug Alliance,
Greater London Authority, UK]
|
| |
|
London:
The highs and the lows 2 - Executive summary
|
|
A 12-page PDF report from the [Greater London Alcohol and Drug Alliance,
Greater London Authority, UK]
|
| |
|
The
Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs National Drug Strategic Framework
2004-05
|
|
This is the sixth annual report on Australian, state and territory governments’ progress
under the [National Drug Strategy, Australia]
|
| |
|
Treating Doctors as
Drug Dealers: The DEA's War on Prescription Painkiller
|
|
The media began reporting that the popular narcotic pain medication
OxyContin was finding its way to the black market for illicit drugs,
resulting in an outbreak of related crime, overdoses, and deaths. Though
many of those reports proved to be exaggerated or unfounded, critics
in Congress and the Department of Justice scolded the U.S.Drug Enforcement
Administration for the alleged pervasiveness of OxyContin abuse. The
DEA responded with an aggressive plan to eradicate the illegal use or "diversion" of
OxyContin. The plan uses familiar law enforcemet methods from the War
on Drugs, such as aggressive undercover investigation, asset forfeiture,
and informers
|
|
Policy Analysis no. 545 CATO Institute 2005
|
| |
|
Coca or Death? Cocalero
Movements in Peru and Bolivia
|
|
Following Bolivia's 2002 parliamentary elections, the success of the
political party headed by cocalero leader Evo Morales, rekindled debate
regarding cocaleroorganisations in the Andes and their vindications.
Disinformation around these organisations has contributed to a rise in
terms like narcoguerrilleros and narcoterroristas, etc. being applied
to the various cocalero peasant movements
|
|
TNI Drugs & Conflict Debate Papers 10, April 2004 [Transnational
Institute]
|
| |
|
An
Analysis of UK Drug Policy (executive summary PDF 93KB)
|
|
Commissioned from international experts to inform UKDPC's work programme,
the report brings together evidence on the effectiveness of drug policies
throughout the UK [UKDPC]
|
| |
|
An
Analysis of UK Drug Policy (full report PDF 1.6MB)
|
|
Commissioned from international experts to inform UKDPC's work programme,
the report brings together evidence on the effectiveness of drug policies
throughout the UK [UKDPC]
|
| |
|
National
Drug Control Strategy
|
|
FY 2007 Budget Summary [ONDCP, USA]
|
| |
|
A
Fresh Approach to Drugs Policy
|
|
A 23-page PDF Policy Brief from the [Bow Group, UK]
|
| |
|
Update onDrug
Policy issues in Bolivia
|
|
WOLA and the Andean Information Network (AIN) provide a November 2006
update on counternarcotics policy in Bolivia. 8-page PDF [WOLA]
|
| |
|
Russia
International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
|
|
In 2004, the Government of Russia (GOR) intensified its counternarcotics
efforts. President Vladimir Putin and other leaders frequently highlight
the drug trade as a threat to Russia's national security in their public
remarks. The State Committee for the Control of Narcotic and Psychotropic
Substances (GKPN), which had been created in 2003, was reorganized and
renamed the Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN)...
|
|
Published by the State Department's Bureau for International Narcotics
and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), March 2005
|
| |
|
Plan Colombia’s Drug
Eradication Program Misses the Mark
|
|
If reducing drug use at home and fighting terrorists abroad are vital
U.S. interests in the Americas, our current policy in Colombia is failing
|
|
[Americas Programme. Adam Isacson and John Myers. July 18, 2005]
|
| |
|
Evaluating
U.S. Policy in Colombia
|
|
In recent years, U.S. interests and goals in Colombia have covered a
broad range of areas: counter-narcotics; counterinsurgency and counterterrorism;
peace and regional stability; democracy, human rights, and the rule of
law; and socio-economic development and humanitarian needs. What is less
clear is whether current U.S. policies further these objectives. A full
evaluation must take into account both the intended and unintended consequences
of our policies
|
|
Virginia M. Bouvier.
A Policy Report from the IRC Americas Program.May 11, 2005.
|
| |
|
War and Drugs
in Colombia
|
|
Drugs finance the left-wing insurgent Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia (FARC) and the far-right United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia
(AUC) to a large degree, and thus are an integral part of Colombia's
conflict. But while the state must confront drug trafficking forcefully,
President Alvaro Uribe's claim that the conflict pits a democracy against
merely "narco-terrorists" who must be met by all-out war does
not do justice to the complexity of the decades-old struggle. Fighting
drugs and drug trafficking is a necessary but not sufficient condition
for moving Colombia toward peace. The view that anti-drug and anti-insurgency
policies are indistinguishable reduces the chances either will succeed
and hinders the search for a sustainable peace
|
|
International Crisis Group. Latin American Report N°11 27 January 2005
|
| |
|
U.S. Nonmilitary Assistance
to Colombia Is Beginning to Show Intended Results, but Programs Are
Not Readily Sustainable
|
|
Despite the progress made by the three nonmilitary assistance programs,
Colombia and the United States continue to face long-standing management
and financial challenges.
|
|
[U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO). July 2004]
|
| |
|
International
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Budget Justification
|
|
Fiscal Year 2004
|
|
[US Department of State]
|
| |
|
The War on Drugs,
HIV/AIDS, and Violations of Human Rights
|
|
A violent state-sponsored “war on drugs” is jeopardizing Thailand's
long struggle to become one of Southeast Asia's leading rights-respecting
democracies. Officially launched in February 2003, the government crackdown
has resulted in the unexplained killing of more than 2,000 persons, the
arbitrary arrest or blacklisting of several thousand more, and the endorsement
of extreme violence by government officials at the highest levels
|
|
Human Rights Watch
HRW Index No.: C1608 July 8, 2004
|
| |
How the Drug War in
Afghanistan Undermines America’s War on Terror
|
|
There is a growing tension between two U.S. objectives in Afghanistan.
The most important objective is—or at least should be—the eradication
of the remaining Al Qaeda and Taliban forces in that country. But the
United States and its coalition partners are now also emphasizing the
eradication of Afghanistan’s drug trade. These antidrug efforts may fatally
undermine the far more important anti-terrorism campaign
|
|
Ted Galen Carpenter, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies
at the Cato Institute
CATO Institute November 10, 2004 Foreign Policy Briefing no. 84
|
| |
|
Pointless
War Drugs and Violence in Brazil
|
|
In this issue of Drugs & Conflict, the background to the drugs-related
violence in the North-East marijuana cultivation area, as well as in
the favelas in Rio, is described. The new drug law that is being evaluated
in Congress is also reviewed. Although the new law is a step forward
for making a clear distinction between a trafficker and a user, the question
remains whether that will effectively address the problem give the limited
scope of the new law
|
|
TNI Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 11, November 2004 [Transnational
Institute]
|
| |
|
Drugs and Democracy
in Latin America: The Impact of U.S. Policy
|
|
The United States has been fighting the war on drugs for decades, across
the nation and throughout the hemisphere. Police officers, prosecutors,
doctors, social workers, soldiers, counselors and countless others have
invested their energy and expertise—and have even risked their lives—to
combat drug trafficking and drug abuse. Their efforts are impressive
and appreciated. Twenty-five years and 25 billion dollars later, however,
we are no closer to solving the problem—that is, to reducing drug abuse
and availability in the United States. In fact, we seem to be farther
away than ever
|
|
Coletta A. Youngers and Eileen Rosin, Editors
A WOLA special report 2004
|
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|
AFP
Drug Harm Index
|
|
The AFP Drug Harm Index was developed to provide a single measure that
encapsulates the potential value to the Australian community of AFP drug
seizures. The index represents the dollar value of harm that would have
ensued had the seized drugs reached the community. In the five years
from 1998-99 to 2002-2003, the AFP and its partners saved the Australian
community approximately $3.1 billion in harm through its disruption of
illicit drug importations. Because the Harm Index is based on the benefits
associated with an estimated reduction in consumption, it can be generalised
to measuring the benefits of other drug interventions
|
|
Australian Federal Police
Research Note 5 2004. ISSN 1447-9621
|
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|
Is the Addiction Concept Useful
for Drug Policy?
|
|
The development of behavioral economics, with its prospect of integrating
insights from economics and psychology, is surely one of the most exciting
intellectual developments in the social and behavioral sciences in the
past 20 years. And if any domain could benefit from this development,
it would seem to be the domain of psychoactive drug use, where choices
are so often pathological. Thus, one can imagine my surprise and dismay
when I was asked to prepare an essay on new policy insights that might
follow from the leading behavioral economic theories of addiction1, and
I discovered that there weren’t any. Or at least, hardly any
|
|
Robert J. MacCoun
Center for the Study of Law and Society Jurisprudence and Social Policy
Program. JSP/Center for the Study of Law and Society Faculty Working
Papers. Paper 8 January 1, 2003
|
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|
Race & the
War on Drugs Position Paper
|
|
American Civil Liberties Union October 17, 2003
|
| |
|
Ravaging the Vulnerable:
Abuses Against Persons at High Risk of HIV Infection in Bangladesh
|
|
Bangladesh is stoking an emerging AIDS epidemic with violent police
abuse of sex workers, injection drug users and men who have sex with
men
|
|
Human Rights Watch
HRW Index No.: C1506 August 20, 2003
|
| |
|
Abusing the User: Police Misconduct,
Harm Reduction and HIV/AIDS in Vancouver
|
|
An anti-drug crackdown by the Vancouver Police Department has driven
injection drug users away from life-saving HIV prevention services, raising
fears of a new wave of HIV transmission in the city that is already home
to the worst AIDS crisis in the developed world
|
|
Human Rights Watch
HRW Index No.: 1502B May 7, 2003
|
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|
Collateral
Consequences of the War on Drugs
|
|
This 4 pp. brochure outlines some of the collateral consequences of
U.S. drug policy: the Higher Education Act, Public Housing, Felony Disenfranchisement,
and the Welfare Reform Act
|
|
American Civil Liberties Union 01/27/2003
|
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|
The Dynamic Character
of Drug Problems
|
|
This paper makes three points. (1) Drug-related measures, such as the
number of users, have changed rapidly over time, suggesting that they
are not merely symptoms of underlying trends in the economy, demographics,
or other aggregates that change more slowly. (2) Drug markets are subject
to a wide range of feedback effects that can induce non-linearity into
dynamic behavior. (3) There are at least five classes of epidemic models
that reflect such non-linear dynamic behavior. Some of those classes
tend to be optimistic about the ability of drug control interventions
to reduce use; others are pessimistic. It is hoped that this discussion
and, in particular, the typology, can inform and elevate the debate about
drug policy, but it is unlikely to resolve that debate because of the
inability to demonstrate empirically which class(es) are most accurate
|
|
Jonathan P. Caulkins
Carnegie Mellon, Heinz School 2002-13, Jan 2002
|
| |
|
A
25-Year Quagmire
|
|
The War on Drugs and Its Impact on American Society. 33-page PDF [The
Sentencing Project, USA]
|
| |
|
UK
Operations in Afghanistan
|
|
Thirteenth Report. 182-page PDF [Defence Select Committee, Parliament,
UK]
|
| |
|
Drug
classification: making a hash of it?
|
|
The Government publishes its reply to each of the Committee's findings
and concludes that the classification system discharges its function
fully and effectively and has stood the test of time. 25-page PDF [Home
Office, UK]
|
| |
|
The Evidence
Base for the Classification of Drugs
|
|
This report, prepared by the RAND Corporation for the House of Commons
Select Committee on Science and Technology in the United Kingdom, presents
the results of four case studies examining the evidence base for the
classification of illegal drugs in the context of the 1971 Misuse of
Drugs Act [RAND, USA]
|
| |
|
National
Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XI: Teens and Parents
|
|
One-third of teens and nearly half of 17-year olds attend house parties
where parents are present and teens are drinking, smoking marijuana or
using cocaine, Ecstasy or prescription drugs. 73-page PDF [CASA, USA]
|
| |
|
Addicted to
Failure NGO
|
|
We believe that U.S. drug policy in Latin America has been ineffective
at achieving its own goals and has generated much collateral damage [WOLA,
USA]
|
| |
|
Losing Ground - Drug Control
and War in Afghanistan
|
|
Drugs and Conflict Debate papers No. 15 [TNI]
|
| |
|
Drug
classification: making a hash of it?
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179-page PDF [House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, UK]
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Preventing
harm from psychoactive substance use
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Recommendations fall under five key prevention priorities: reducing
risk factors and increasing protective factors across the life course,
community centred prevention, addressing impacts on communities, legislative
and public policy change and regulated markets. 98-page PDF [City of
Vancouver Drug Policy Program, Canada]
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5 INL Regional and Country
Programs
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The Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)
works with law enforcement, judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, border
security officials, financial intelligence units, anticorruption units,
narcotics control units, economic development organizations, non-governmental
organizations, and other counterparts to reinforce partner governments'
efforts to promote the rule of law and successfully meet the demands
of the 21st Century. INL's programs are tailored to bolster capacities
of partner countries around the globe through multilateral, regional,
and country-specific programs
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[US Department of State]
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The Demand for
Intoxicating Commodities: Implications for the "War on Drugs"
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The best that can be said about the war on drugs (from the 0pint of
view of those who run and support it) is that while it will fail, its
failure may not be evident. For quite unrelated reasons, demand within
the United States for some drugs, especially cocaine and cocaine derivatives,
seems to be declining (Bachman et al., 1988, 1990). Since that de cline
coincides with rhetoric about the Drug War, apologists for that war will
claim credit for the change, suggesting to us that the war Is being won.
In this article, we aim to show why such claims are absurd and concentrate
Instead upon the most neglected aspect of illicit psychotropic drug use
- the demand for drugs.
Pat O'Malley and Stephen Mugford
PAT O'Malley is the director of the National Center for Socio-Legal
Studies. La Trobe University, Bundorra Victoria, Australia 3083. STEPHEN
MUGFORD Is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology. Faculty
of Arts. Australian National University, Oho Box 4, Canberra ACT 2601,
Australia 2003
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Cross Purposes Alternative
Development and Conflict in Colombia
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One of the greatest challenges in Colombia today is how to meet alternative
development objectives in the midst of war. "Alternative development" refers
in this context to the creation of alternative livelihoods for illicit
crop farmers
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Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 7, June 2003 [Transnational Institute]
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Drugs and Conflict in Burma
(Myanmar) Dilemmas for Policy Responses
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Burma is on the brink of yet another humanitarian crisis. In the Kokang
region, an opium ban was enforced last year, and by mid-2005 no more
poppy growing will be allowed in the Wa region. Banning opium from these
regions in Shan State adds another chapter to the long and dramatic history
of drugs, conflict and human suffering in the country
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Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 9, December 2003 [Transnational Institute]
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Model of Chaotic
Drug Markets and Their Control
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Drug markets are often described informally as being chaotic, and there
is a tendency to believe that control efforts can make things worse,
not better, at least in some circumstances. This paper explores the idea
that such statements might be literally true in a mathematical sense
by considering a discrete-time model of populations of drug users and
drug sellers for which initiation into either population is a function
of relative numbers of both populations
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Doris A. Behrens, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Gustav Feichtinger
Carnegie Mellon, Heinz School 2002-8, Jul 2002
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ANCD
research paper 5—Drug policy: the Australian approach
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84 pages Australian National Council on Drugs
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The
National HIV/AIDS Strategy 1999-2000 to 2003-2004: Changes and Challenges
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Published by Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
June 2000 PDF available on this page
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Counterterror
and Counterdrug policies: Comparisons and Contrasts
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The problem of preventing repetitions of the September 11th incidents
has begun to be called "the war on terror." This suggests analogies
to the "war on drugs," and there have been attempts to use
these comparisons to draw conclusions about the appropriate shape and
likely success of the anti-terrorism campaigns (e.g., Massing, 2001).
This essay identifies similarities and differences between the two campaigns
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Jonathan P. Caulkins, Mark A. R. Kleiman, Peter Reuter
Carnegie Mellon, Heinz School 2002-15, Mar 2002
Jeff Desimone
Economic Inquiry Vol. 39, No. 4, October 2001, 627-643
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How Goes the “War
on Drugs
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An Assessment of U.S. Drug Problems and Policy [RAND, USA]
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Europe and Plan Colombia
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This first issue is devoted to the controversies that have arisen around
Plan Colombia. It is released at this particular moment to inform discussions
on supporting the peace process in Colombia around the third round of
the international donor conference in Brussels
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Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 1, April 2001 [Transnational Institute]
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Interdiction
and Incarceration Still Top Remedies
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The nation's drug war is viewed as a failure by most Americans, and
there is scant hope it will ever succeed. Nearly three-quarters of Americans
say we are losing the drug war, and just as many say that insatiable
demand will perpetuate the nation's drug habit. Yet this deep sense of
futility has not generated more momentum for alternative anti-drug strategies,
like establishing more treatment programs for drug users or decriminalizing
the use of some drugs
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Pew Research Center March 21, 2001
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Interdiction
and Incarceration Still Top Remedies
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he nation's drug war is viewed as a failure by most Americans, and there
is scant hope it will ever succeed. Nearly three-quarters of Americans
say we are losing the drug war, and just as many say that insatiable
demand will perpetuate the nation's drug habit. Yet this deep sense of
futility has not generated more momentum for alternative anti-drug strategies,
like establishing more treatment programs for drug users or decriminalizing
the use of some drugs
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Pew Research Center 2001
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Defending
An Effective Control on National and International Drug Trade : Challenging
the International Drug Conventions
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Is the American drug policy the only possible one that would comply
with international drug law ? The point here, is not to describe in details
what is the American drug policy. It is enough to state that it is a
repressive policy, and even an increasing repressive policy. This simple
statement is in opposition with another way of dealing with the use of
drugs: the “legalization policy”. The question is then: is it possible
to legalize drugs within the frame of the current International Conventions
on Drugs ?
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ChristopheMarchand, Member of the Brussels’s Bar 2000
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Drugs:
dilemmas, choices and the law
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Use of illegal drugs is increasingly common, yet there has been little
serious discussion of the underlying causes, or whether existing prevention
policies are effective. This summary brings together findings from two
inquiries that received support from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and
which were designed to consider how UK drugs policy should move forward
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation November 2000 - Ref N70
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DRUGS
AND THE LAW: Report into the Independent Inquiry into the Misuse of
Drugs Act 1971
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It is nearly 30 years since the main legislation controlling the misuse
of drugs in the United Kingdom was enacted. Our task has been to consider
the changes which have taken place in our society in that time and to
assess whether the law as it currently stands needs to be revised in
order to make it both more effective and more responsive to those changes.
It has also been our duty to examine the implications of our proposals.
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Published by The Police Foundation March 2000, ISBN 0-947692-47-9
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The American
Drug War: Anatomy of a Futile and Costly Police Action
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Our story has two parts. One is about the futility of suppressing the
fourth and fifth drives. Public policies that try to frustrate strong
motives of consumers and motives of suppliers are frequently overwhelmed
like a sand castle by the incoming tide. The other is about why agents
who allegedly represent the public’s interests insist on building these
doomed sand castles
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Bruce L. Benson, David W. Rasmussen
The Independent Institute July 10, 2000
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Punishment and Prejudice:
Racial Disparities in the War on Drugs. USA
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Since the mid 1980s, the United States has undertaken aggressive law
enforcement strategies and criminal justice policies aimed at curtailing
drug abuse. The costs and benefits of this national war on drugs are
fiercely debated. What is not debatable, however, is its impact on black
Americans. Ostensibly color blind, the war on drugs has been waged disproportionately
against black Americans
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Human Right Watch 2000 Vol. 12, No. 2 (G)
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Predatory Public
Finance and the Origins of the War on Drugs 1984 –1989
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Escalation of the war on drugs, when measured by drug arrests relative
to Index I arrests, apparently ended in 1989. In the United States the
drug arrest/Index I arrest ratio fell from 0.46 in 1989 to a 1990 figure
of 0.36, a decline of 24 percent. This decline in drug enforcement is
not inconsistent with bureaucratic incentives, however, including those
created by asset forfeiture legislation. Police may simply be arresting “smarter,” for
example, concentrating on drug offenders with some potential yield via
forfeiture
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Bruce L. Benson, David W. Rasmussen
The Independent Institute 1996
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Keeping Score:
The Frailties of the Federal Drug Budget
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Total federal government expenditures for antidrug activities have become
a centerpiece in the national debate on drug policy ... Given the prominent
role that federal budget figures have come to play in the policy debate,
it is noteworthy that few have paid any attention to their origins.
Patrick Murphy, issue paper, IP-138, 1994 RAND
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Declaring an Armistice
in the International Drug War
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There is increasing speculation that the Clinton administration may
be willing to reconsider some components of Washington's sacrosanct war
on drugs. Prominent drug warriors are certainly worried about that possibility.
Former drug czar William Bennett has already condemned the president
for failing to take the crusade against illicit drugs seriously. New
York Times columnist A. M. Rosenthal goes even further, warning that "the
concept of a war against drugs is in danger of being dismantled," resulting
in "creeping legalization."
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Ted Galen Carpenter
Foreign Policy Briefing no. 26 CATO Institute 1993
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