IDPC Publications

A key role and added value of IDPC is the production of policy analysis for a broad range of audiences including academia, civil society and policy makers. The majority of these publications are collaborations with members and partners, and are translated into multiple languages to support and facilitate advocacy.

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16 March 2011

IDPC Briefing Paper - The heroin shortage in the UK and Europe

In 2010, observers of the UK heroin scene noticed signs of disruption in the normally well-supplied and efficiently administered UK heroin market. IDPC has been monitoring the situation closely, both in the UK and continental Europe. This briefing paper provides an overview of the European situation, describes the responses of authorities and users, and analyses its possible causes and future development.

23 February 2011

Drug policy: Lessons learned and options for the future

This paper examines why the vision of the architects of the global prohibition regime has not been achieved, but also goes on to describe the damage to human health and welfare that has arisen from badly conceived and implemented drug control policies and programmes. The concluding section lays out the broad options that policy makers face for a future ‘direction of travel’.

15 February 2011

IDPC NGO Guide to attend the 54th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

This Guide has been prepared by IDPC to provide logistical and practical information to our members and partners who are sending participants to attend the 2011 CND.

14 February 2011

IDPC Media Information Pack (version 2)

This document provides information and easily accessible background resources on key issues related to the UN drug control system.

28 January 2011

IDPC Briefing Paper - Drug policies and harm reduction in South East Europe

This paper analyses the difficulties and challenges NGOs are facing in their harm reduction work, along with gaps and shortcomings in this field, and provides recommendations for the further development of appropriate harm reduction programmes in the region.

28 January 2011

IDPC Briefing Paper - The Dutch treatment and social support system for drug users: Recent developments and the example of Amsterdam

This paper, written in collaboration with the Correlation Network, describes the law enforcement and community involvement elements of the strategy, and provides available data on the results achieved so far.

28 January 2011

Executive summary of IDPC Drug Policy Guide in Arabic

IDPC is pleased to announce that the executive summary of our Drug Policy Guide is now available in Arabic.

28 January 2011

IDPC Drug Policy Guide - Georgian

IDPC is pleased to announce that the IDPC Drug Policy Guide is now available in Georgian.

27 January 2011

IDPC calls Global Commission on HIV and the Law to consider health and human rights implications of current drug control strategy

In this paper, IDPC asks that the Commission considers a number of issues in relation to addressing punitive laws and practices that effectively criminalise the lives of people who use drugs in South East Asia and calls on governments to address these issues as a matter of urgency.

26 January 2011

Report of IDPC/MAC Seminar - Managing drug using offenders in Malaysia

The aim of the seminar was to engage high level officials in considering alternative options to the current mandatory treatment and rehabilitation system for managing drug using offenders in the country.

12 January 2011

IDPC Advocacy Note - Correcting a historical error: IDPC calls on countries to abstain from submitting objections to the Bolivian proposal to remove the ban on the chewing of the coca leaf

In this advocacy note, IDPC strongly urges the international community to abstain from submitting objections to the proposed amendment by Bolivia to remove the ban on coca leaf chewing.

16 December 2010

Report of the South East Europe Drug Policy Network, Ohrid, Macedonia

The aim of the Network is to promote collaboration and exchange of information among the participants. This session was attended by 27 participants, both from NGOs and national governments and focused on two topics: harm reduction, and the Roma population. This report summarises the main discussions that took place during the seminar.