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.
The Conclusions endorse harm reduction interventions and urge member states to undertake criminal justice reform that involves alternatives to incarceration/conviction for non-violent drug offences.
The need for policy reform, attitudinal and cultural shifts and development of stronger cross-sectoral partnerships is highlighted, to ensure a rational and logical approach that genuinely tackles drug policy-making and strategy from a broad public health perspective.
This paper identifies key barriers and novel approaches to harm reduction for people who use stimulant drugs, and makes recommendations on the way forward.
The global enquiry, which involved a number of members of the IDPC network, makes important recommendations to expand harm reduction interventions and tackle social exclusion.
