This working group is a joint initiative between the ISSDP and the European Society of Criminology. It brings together members of both societies who share an interest in drug policy in Europe.
Past activities
Drug Policy Analysis: Panel session at the 2015 conference of the European Society of Criminology
- Marianne van Ooyen, ‘Dutch drug policy-Changes and their impact on drug markets’
- Letizia Paoli, ‘The harms of cocaine trafficking in the Netherlands and Belgium: policy implications from comparative assessment.’
- Caitlin Hughes, ‘Australian alternatives to arrest and imprisonment for drug and drug-related offenders: assessing program and system outcomes.’
Drugs in prison: Panel of the joint ISSDP/ESC working group on European drug policy at the ISSDP conference, 2018:
- Paul Gray, Rob Ralphs & Lisa Williams, ‘Harm reduction or a catalyst for new harms: The consequences of substance use legislation on drug use & markets in an English prison‘
- Linn Gjersing & Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen, ‘Using Linked Administrative Data to Examine the Impact of the Seizure and Investigation of Illegal Drug Consignments on Local Communities’
- Charlie Lloyd, Neil McKeganey, Alison Liebling, Geoff Page & Christopher Russell, ‘Faltering Recovery: the British experiment with Drug Recovery Wings‘
- Liesbeth Vandam, Linda Montanari, Tim Surmont, Prem Borlé, Alessandro Pirona, Dagmar Hedrich, & Jane Mounteney, ‘The challenge of new psychoactive substances in the prison context – a European overview‘
Researching cryptomarkets: Panel of the joint ISSDP/ESC working group on European drug policy at the ESC conference, 2017:
- David Décary-Hétu, ‘With a Strong Bubble Gum Taste”: Becoming a Successful Cocaine Vendor on Darknet Markets‘
- Ben Matthews, ‘‘Using Linked Administrative Data to Examine the Impact of the Seizure and Investigation of Illegal Drug Consignments on Local Communities‘
Meeting on Portuguese drug policy: domestic and international perspectives. Porto, 2nd September 2015.
- João Goulão, ‘The current state of development of Portuguese drug policy’
- Cristina Reis, ‘The implementation of Portuguese drug policy: issues for CDTs’
- Maria dos Anjos, ‘The implementation of Portuguese drug policy: issues for CDTs’
- Caitlin Hughes, ‘The international use and misuse of the Portuguese example’
- Helmut Kury, ‘A view from Europe’
- Serge Brochu, ‘A view from North America’
- Jorge Qunitas, ‘Portuguese drug use decriminalisation and law enforcement: Impacts and perceptions of its effectiveness‘
European drug policy and international reforms, Panel at the 2015 conference of the ISSDP
- Caroline Chatwin, ‘International drug policy reform: lessons from Europe’
- Renaud Colson, ‘Cannabis regulation in Europe: US legal transplant ahead?’
- Christine Guillain, ‘The UN Drug Control Treaties: What constraints on Europe?‘
- Ann Fordham, ‘Europe and the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs – complacency or the “third way”?’
