Bibliography: International Policy Issues

This report aims to take stock of progress made on the implementation of the operational recommendations included in the UNGASS Outcome Document (idpc)

Timeline of EU drug strategies and plans and their evaluation (EMCDDA)

this paper explores a selection of key themes by analysing the consensus based language agreed by UN member states (IDPC)

2020 Special Report: Celebrating 60 Years of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 and 50 Years of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971

The new Single programming document sets out the EMCDDA’s activities for the period 2021–2023, marking the start of a new five-year roadmap under Strategy 2025

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Examining the impact of drug criminalisation on a previously overlooked demographic, this book argues that women are disproportionately affected by a flawed policy approach – The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online (emerald insight)

The latest European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) report is now available for download

2020 European Drug Report, our annual overview of the drug situation in Europe (EMCDDA)

The GDS Special Edition on COVID-19 was developed as part of a global effort to better understand the impact of the pandemic on people’s lives with a specific focus on the use of alcohol and other drugs, mental health and relationships

Following its first-ever critical review of cannabis, in January 2019 the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a collection of formal recommendations to reschedule cannabis and cannabis-related substances. 53 member states of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), two of which are Caribbean states, are set to vote on these recommendations in December 2020 (tni)

On the path toward building up its internal security, on 24 July 2020, the European Commission adopted a new EU Agenda and Action Plan on Drugs 2021-2025

Presented in six separate booklets, the World Drug Report 2020 provides a wealth of information and analysis to support the international community in implementing operational recommendations on a number of commitments made by Member States, including the recommendations contained in the outcome document of the special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem, held in 2016 (UNODC)

What specific risks are people who use drugs (PWUD) likely to face during the COVID-19 pandemic? What services will they need? How will professionals working with this group need to adapt on the frontline? (EMCDDA)

The thematic chapter of the INCB annual report for 2019 focuses on improving prevention and treatment services for young people (International Narcotics Control Board)

The Programming Document 2020-22 translates the long-term priorities defined by the EMCDDA Strategy 2025 into short-term operational priorities

These guidelines provide the rationale, steps, procedures, roles, and responsibilities for the operation of the EU Early Warning System (EMCDDA)

This briefing paper reconstructs the long and troubled process that led to the adoption of this ground-breaking UN System Common Position (TNI)

Despite much speculation and conjecture over potential crossovers between terrorists and the drug trade in Europe, no study has examined the issue. This paper fills this gap by empirically examining such crossovers in the European Union between 2012 and 2017 (EMCDDA)

This paper explains the methodology developed by the EMCDDA for open-source information monitoring in the area of drug markets. Initially designed to support the work of the EU Early Warning System in 2016, the technique has recently been expanded to cover open-source information through a pilot project focusing on data on heroin and cocaine seizures of 100 kg or more for the European market between April 2017 and March 2018 (EMCDDA)