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Welcome to ISSDP

The International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) is a society of scholars committed to advancing drug policy research.

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16th Annual ISSDP Conference

ISSDP 2023 will be hosted by RAND Europe in Leuven, Belgium on 30 May – 1 June 2023.

#ISSDP2023

Abstract submission for the conference has now closed.

About the Conference

Forthcoming Events:

ISSDP at the 66th United Nations Commission on Narcotics Drugs

ISSDP will be taking part in the 66th United Nations Commission on Narcotics Drugs Meeting in Vienna from 13-17 March 2023. We are sending our first delegation as an ECOSOC registered organisation and sponsoring two key side events:

Friday 17th March 9:10-10:00 CEST

Exploring the Dynamics of Drug Markets in Contemporary Times

Link to the teams meeting | PDF Flyer

Exploring the Dynamics of Drug Markets


Thursday 16 March 14:10-15:00 CEST

Emerging Research on Psychedelic Therapies and their Implications for Policy

Link to the teams meeting | PDF Flyer

Emerging Research on Psychedelic Therapies and their Implications for Policy

Other events at which ISSDP members are speaking are listed below:

Tuesday 14 March – 8:00-8:50am CEST

PRINCIPLE TO POLICY TO PRACTICE. IMPLEMENTING A HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH WITH PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS

Organized by the Release Legal Emergency and Drugs Service Limited with the support of Ghana, Norway, the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy.

In person (M6) & online: https://bit.ly/3Jr7R6V


Tuesday 14 March – 8:00 -8:50am CET

URBAN DRUG POLICIES IN THE GLOBALISED WORLD: A LEXIMETRICAL FOCUS

Organized by the Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational Transparty with the support of the European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies.

Web-link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82200657239?pwd=Mk15SEJ0QjcxWFd4U01hVHUycy96UT09


Tuesday 14 March – 14:10-15:00 (CEST/Vienna)

UNDERSTANDING THE DRUG TRAFFICKING THREAT ALONG THE SOUTHERN ROUTE: SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA REGION

Organised by the United Kingdom with the support of the UNODC, South Africa, Kenya, European Union, USA, Japan, GI-TOC.

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Thursday, 16 March – 9.10-10.00 a.m.

MITIGATING THE RISKS OF CORPORATE CAPTURE FOR LEGAL CANNABIS MARKETS

Organized by the Transform Drug Policy Foundation with the support of the International Drug Policy Consortium, México Unido Contra la Delincuencia (MUCD), Health Poverty Action and the Norwegian Association for Safer Drug Policies.

In-person only (M0E07)


Thursday 16 March – 13:00-13:50 (CEST/Vienna)

THE FUTURE OF ILLICIT ECONOMIES IN AFGHANISTAN

Organised by the UNODC Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, with the support of GI-TOC, London School of Economics and Political Science and University of Birmingham.

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A link to other side events at CND66 is available here:
https://www.unodc.org/documents/commissions/CND_CCPCJ_joint/Side_Events/2023/2303166_Programme_CND_ebook.pdf

Recent Events:

15th Annual ISSDP Conference

15th Annual ISSDP Conference

15th Annual ISSDP ConferenceThank you all for attending!! We had 148 participants from 22 countries squeezed into a packed day of presentations, panels and posters.

For those of you in attendance and who are members, you can access conference papers and presentations here.


ISSDP co-produced sessions at Lisbon Addictions

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ISSDP at the 6th International Conference on Governance, Crime and Justice Statistics in South Korea

ISSDP presenters - Angela Me, John Collins & Caitlin Hughes
ISSDP presenters – Angela Me, John Collins & Caitlin Hughes

ISSDP took part in the 6th International Conference on Governance, Crime and Justice Statistics on 9-11 November 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. This hybrid conference brought together participants from 123 countries and was organized by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Statistics Korea (KOSTAT), National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (INEGI) and other agencies.

An ISSDP panel was held on “Developing comprehensive, rigorous and innovative approaches to measuring and monitoring illicit drug supply” comprised of Adrian Franco (INEGI, Mexico), Beau Kilmer (RAND Corporation, USA); Hai Luong ( University of Queensland); Letizia Paoli (Leuven Institute of Criminology, Belgium) and Caitlin Hughes (Flinders University, Australia), while Angela Me (UNODC), John Collins (GI-TOC) and David Decary-Hetu (University of Montreal) took part in sessions on Illicit Financial Flows, Measuring and Monitoring Organised Crime and Online Fraud.

Recordings are now available on the UNODC YouTube channel:

  • Day 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgNIUR0Sx9k&t=27s
  • Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-tMC3tU9L4&t=3s
  • Day 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_-UYceUl7U&t=13793s
  • Recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37e4oY7YpMg

ISSDP and UNODC Virtual Side Event at the 65th Commission on Narcotics Drugs meeting on the Policy Impact of Cannabis Legalization from a Scientific Perspective. Tuesday, 15 March 2022

The virtual side event explored scientific evidence on the implications of cannabis legalization. As of April 2021, legal provisions that allow the non-medical use of cannabis have been adopted in Canada, Uruguay and in 20 jurisdictions of the United States. The purpose of the discussion was to look at the complexities of the research evidence related to cannabis markets in these countries and assess to what extent this evidence can inform about the net impact of cannabis legalization. Factual evidence was discussed on a wide range of possible impacts, from public health-related to implications for other social phenomena.

A video of this webinar is available to ISSDP members


ISSDP Membership General Assembly Meeting

ISSDP held a virtual general assembly meeting of its members on Tuesday, February 1st 2022.  In addition to agenda items, we held a “Meet the Author” event with Alison Ritter, author of Drug Policy.

A video of this webinar is available to ISSDP members

News & Announcements

  • ISSDP at the 66th United Nations Commission on Narcotics Drugs

    8th March 2023
    ISSDP will be taking part in the 66th United Nations Commission on Narcotics Drugs Meeting in Vienna from 13-17 March 2023.Read More »
  • Gideon Lasco, MD PhD has been awarded the first ISSDP Excellence in Research Award

    28th November 2022
    for his paper “Drugs and drug wars as populist tropes in Asia: illustrative examples and implications for drug policy” published in the International Journal of Drug Policy in March 2020.Read More »
  • 15th Annual Conference Presentations and Papers

    28th November 2022
    The final conference programme, papers and presentations are available.Read More »

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Regular (voting) membership of the ISSDP is open to all scholars, analysts or researchers in the field of drug policy research. Other interested persons may become affiliate (non-voting) members of the Society.

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Bibliography

document-iconThe bibliography contains links to grey literature about illicit drugs policy. Grey literature is that which has not been commercially published, and which consequently may not be available through the conventional channels of distribution.

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