Since Washington’s passage of I-502, retail marijuana sales have generated over $80 million in tax revenues and the state has saved millions of dollars by no longer arresting and prosecuting low-level marijuana offences.
Transform's publication, 'Ending the war on drugs: How to win the global drug policy debate' provides an overview of prohibition, the war on drugs and international drug policies to equip those who are new to the topic with a firm foundation on the subject.
This roundtable brought together a diverse group of experts from a range of backgrounds to discuss topics relevant to HIV where a multi-stakeholder approach, including industry, may lead to new and innovative solutions.
Despite some improvements, drug policy in Malaysia continues to include imprisonment of people who use drugs (PWUD), judicial corporal punishment, and compulsory detention, representing clear challenges to effective harm reduction service delivery.
This interactive report has a dedicated section to TNI's long-term analysis and advocacy on the devastating costs of the drugs war that is supporting a domino effect in favour of regulation and harm reduction.
The objective of the workshop was to build the capacities of NGOs in the region to promote the recommendations of the West African Commission on Drugs for drug policy reform.
This annual report provides snapshots of the variety of work that Mainline has conducted in 2014 from small scale outreach work aimed at gay men who use drugs, to a large scale study into people with a problematic GHB habit.
This report by the National Forum on Drug-related Deaths (NFDRD/The Forum) discusses its work as an independent expert advisory group of professionals and representatives working to reduce drug-related deaths in Scotland.
This report conducted in Egypt gathered information around HIV prevalence among vulnerable groups with the objective of planning effective interventions and prevention programmes.
The Transnational Institute explores the 1990 and 1998 UNGASS events and discusses the increasing tensions and cracks in the "Vienna consensus," as well as systemic challenges and recent treaty breaches.