Insight into the drug-related problems faced by six countries in the region, through the available data gathered by a range of partners and the EMCDDA
Bibliography: International Policy Issues
Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2014
The international community will continue to count on the drug control treaties, international Instruments that have withstood the test of time and remain relevant to addressing future challenges. All that is required is the continued commitment of all States to act in concert in the e?ective implementation of those instruments (INCB)
Ketamine under international law
This post explores the relationship of drugs and international law, specifically international drug control law and international human rights law, using the topical example of placing ketamine under international control (Global Drug Policy Observatory)
UN Ketamine Vote Could Spark Public Health Crisis in Developing World
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna will soon decide between two opposite proposals by China and the World Health Organization (WHO) concerning the international control of ketamine, an essential anaesthetic in human and veterinary medicine (Talking Drugs)
EU Alcohol Strategy report published
The European Union must act to combat alcohol-related harm, a Lords report urges. New action by the EU should focus on measures it can take itself rather than relying on Member State action alone (Parliament, UK)
Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2014
The international community will continue to count on the drug control treaties, international instruments that have withstood the test of time and remain relevant to addressing future challenges. All that is required is the continued commitment of all States to act in concert in the e?ective implementation of those instruments (INCB)
Casualties of War
How the War on Drugs is harming the world’s poorest (Health Poverty Action)
WHO calls for worldwide use of “smart” syringes
The World Health Organization is launching a new policy on injection safety and a global campaign with support from the IKEA Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to help all countries tackle the pervasive issue of unsafe injections (WHO)
CND decision to schedule ketamine would undermine WHO treaty mandate
The UN Commission considers to bring ketamine under the control of the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances contrary to WHO recommendations (Global Drug Policy Observatory)
Global State of Harm Reduction 2014
The data gathered for the report provided a critical baseline against which progress could be measured in terms of international, regional and national recognition of harm reduction in policy and practice (Harm Reduction International)
INCB warns against weakening the international drug control legal framework
At the opening of its 112th Session on Monday, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) once again cautioned the members of the international community of the public health risks associated with the adoption of legislative and policy measures which are inconsistent with the provisions of the three United Nations drug control conventions (UNIS)
Human rights, drug control and the UN special procedures
Preventing arbitrary detention through the promotion of human rights in drug control (International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy)
Drugs and Development: The Great Disconnect
This report argues that ‘drugs’ are a development issue and must be recognised as such by development agencies (GDPO)
World Drug Report 2014
(UNODC)
IDPC response to the 2014 UNODC World Drug Report
In this report, the most recent of the IDPC’s annual responses to the UNODC’s World Drug Report, we aim to provide an overview of the data and topics presented in the Report, and where appropriate – and within the context of the Office’s narrative stance – offer a critical analysis of both (IDPC)
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