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19 July 2011

Il secondo Libro Bianco sulla legge Fini-Giovanardi

Dopo 5 anni di applicazione della legge 49/2006 Antigone, CNCA, Forum Droghe e La Società della Ragione hanno pubblicato il SECONDO LIBRO BIANCO SULLA LEGGE FINI-GIOVANARDI che contiene l'illustrazione e il commento dei dati sulle conseguenze penali e sulle sanzioni amministrative e i riflessi sull’amministrazione della giustizia e sul carcere delle politiche proibizioniste italiane sulle sostanze.
19 July 2011

2nd “White Book” on effects of 2006 Italian drug law on penal and prisons system (“Fini-Giovanardi law”)

This "White Book" shows that the number of drug offenders among the overall prison population is increasing and the drug legislation may be considered as the main reason for the present overcrowding of Italian prisons; law enforcement is focused on cannabis; therapeutic alternatives to incarceration are dropping; the number of people sanctioned for personal use is in sharp rise. The "White Book" calls for an immediate change in the drug legislation and suggests key reforms.
15 July 2011

LEAP report - Ending the drug war: a dream deferred

In conjunction with the 40th anniversary of President Nixon declaring “war on drugs,” LEAP, a group of police, judges and jailers who support legalisation, released a report showing how the Obama administration is ramping up a war it claims ended two years ago.
14 July 2011

TNI report - Informal drug policy dialogue in Lisbon, January 2011

Over 50 policy makers, practitioners, academics, and representatives from NGOs and governmental organisations attended the meeting, to discuss the Portuguese decriminalisation model, cannabis policy reform, and the agenda and global initiatives at the 54th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
14 July 2011

TNI Drug Policy Briefing No 36 - Alternative development from the perspective of Colombian farmers

Alternative development programmes have been widely discussed from the point of view of experts, technocrats, politicians and academics, with advocates and detractors debating whether such programmes contribute to decreasing the cultivation of llegal crops. However, little is known about the opinions of the people targeted by these programmes and the implications that they have for their daily lives. This analysis hopes to play a role in correcting this imbalance.
17 June 2011

WOLA Report - Tackling urban violence in Latin America: Reversing exclusion through smart policing and social investment

The report discusses the relative effectiveness of strategies to reduce violence in four different Latin American cities: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Medellín in Colombia, Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, and Santa Tecla in El Salvador. The four cities are attempting to improve citizen security by combining smart policing strategies and social investment in marginalized communities most affected by crime.
1 June 2011

HIV & Islam - Responsible religious response to HIV & AIDS in Malaysia

Since the HIV epidemic was first established in 1986, a total of 65,235 cases of HIV have been cumulatively reported in the Malay Muslim community, which constitute 71% of the total caseload. Recognising the low level of engagement of Islamic religious authorities in the community-based responses to HIV and AIDS, the Malaysian AIDS Council took the pragmatic approach of building strategic partnerships with national and state level religious departments.
19 May 2011

TNI-EMCDDA Expert seminar on threshold quantities

The TNI-EMCDDA Expert Seminar on Threshold Quantities reflected on the advantages and disadvantages of threshold quantities as a policy and legislative tool and it was hoped that this seminar would provide a springboard to inform current debate and to assist the elaboration of evidence-based drug law reform proposals now and in the future.