After almost 15 years since the fall of the Taliban, the policy discussion on counternarcotics remains uncertain of which way to proceed. In large part, this is because policy discussion is shaped by a superficial or misguided understanding of opium poppy and its role in rural livelihoods.
Students for Sensible Drug Policy give a roundup of the past year including events held, comments on UNGASS and drug policy changes enacted in universities in the US and around the world.
The newsletter is aiming to inform and keep updated organisations, institutions and individuals on drug policy developments along with news in the website and social media of the network.
The WHO provide a practical manual on how to plan and implement palliative care services, integrated into existing health-care services, at national or sub-national level.
This study of retail prices of cocaine and opiates in Portugal following drug decriminalization shows that softer drug law enforcement does not necessarily lead to lower prices, which in the Portuguese case may be explained by a more efficient use of resources to fight drug trafficking.
The Glasgow City Alcohol and Drug Partnership have submitted a report supporting proposed safer drug consumption facilities and heroin-assisted treatments. The city will now evaluate financial, personnel, legal, economic, sustainability and risk implications that the service will raise.
The 2016 UNODC report on the location and extent of opium poppy cultivation, potential opium production and the socio-economic situation in rural areas of Afghanistan.
Mainline discuss opioid substitution therapy in the Netherlands, concluding it is widely available but further legal clarification is required for fully effective implementation
A study from the University of Alabama investigates the effects of the images from the Faces of Meth campaign on people who use methamphetamine, finding "overly stigmatizing portraits of users may act as barriers to desistence."
Apesar de serem mais afetadas pelas políticas punitivas, as mulheres privada de liberdade por delitos relacionados a drogas muito raramente representam uma verdadeira ameaça para a sociedade.
DrugScience publishes the first scientific report on cannabis in over 80 years. The report, a pre-review for the World Health Organization’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD), could lead to a re-evaluation of the world-wide prohibition of cannabis.
