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The International Society for the Study of Drug Policy

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Drug Courts in the Americas

Drug Courts in the Americas by the SSRC’s Drugs, Security and Democracy (DSD) Program reviews key findings from the United States’ experience with drug courts that may be useful to inform debates in other countries about drug courts and other alternatives to incarceration for low-level drug crimes. Although major institutional, legal, and cultural differences exist, the United States’ long experience with drug courts offers an important source of information for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that have either established, or are looking to establish, drug courts (SSRC)

Link Between Medical Marijuana and Fewer Opioid Deaths Is More Complex Than Previously Reported

The association between medical marijuana and lower levels of opioid overdose deaths—identified previously in several studies—is more complex than previously described and appears to be changing as both medical marijuana laws and the opioid crisis evolve, according to a new RAND Corporation study

Minimizing Harm: Public Health and Justice System Responses to Drug Use and the Opioid Crisis (PDF)

How government and communities should respond to drug use is a perennial question that has gained a renewed sense of urgency in the face of the current opioid overdose crisis. More than 52,000 Americans died from a drug overdose in 2015, a number that has grown nearly ninefold since 1980 (Vera Institute of Justice)

Drugs and the darknet: perspectives for enforcement, research and policy

A joint publication by the EMCDDA and Europol, presents the latest understanding of how darknet markets function, the threats they pose to health and security and how Europe can respond

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