Research concludes it is a complementary activity in the family farming economy, providing a source of income that sustains often precarious economies.
This Paper provides an analysis of critical public health problems for the Philippine prison population, in relation to HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C (HCV), and offers recommendations
for addressing these ‘twin epidemics.’
Release and the National Union of Students (NUS) explores students' attitudes to and experience with drugs in the UK, takes stock of educational and related institutional responses and provides recommendations for improvement.
WOLA and AIN document progress in Bolivia, but warn about the risk of reversal without the enactment and implementation of broader judicial reform efforts.
A chapter within the bulletin highlights how the Bolivian policy provides insight into the benefits of a sustainable livelihood approach to supply-side drug crop control without forced eradication.
IDPC and MUCD provide an overview of the key models of regulation and offer general recommendations to improve public policies in areas where legislation is already in place and to improve decision-making in countries where reform is pending.
WOLA and Brookings examine the conditions that led Uruguay’s government to pass its cannabis law in 2013, studies its progress so far, and identifies areas that policymakers should consider addressing in order to maximize the law’s potential benefits.
Youth RISE Nigeria raises issues with data collection in the country, and calls for stronger commitments to effectively deploy harm reduction and HIV prevention services in an enabling environment.