This article, published in The Lancet, argues that only a massive and rapid expansion of a comprehensive AIDS response between now and 2020 can achieve the highly ambitious UN goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
This OSF report explains how the community control system in Bolivia works and shows its effectiveness in decreasing violence, increasing citizen engagement, limiting corruption, stabilising and diversifying local economies, and reducing coca cultivation.
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.
The latest Colombia coca survey, produced by UNODC jointly with the Colombian government, shows that the country's coca cultivation area and cocaine production both increased substantially in 2014 compared to the previous year.
This report provides an insight into Community Action on Harm Reduction's work and provides case studies which captures the programme that significantly reduced the risks of HIV transmission among people who inject drugs and their community.
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.
This IDPC briefing paper analyses some of the consequences of the current Brazilian drug policy, taking into account its impacts on prisoners’ rights and on the criminal justice system as a whole.
This IDPC report provides an overview and analysis of the key debates and discussions that took place during this year's CND, in particular in light of the approaching UNGASS.
In its latest report, the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) looks at drugs in cities across Europe, revealing how some cities are developing drug strategies of their own.
This short report provides an overview of how European countries are developing innovative legal responses to the challenges presented to public health and drug policy by the rapidly evolving market for new psychoactive substances.
The World Drug Report presents a comprehensive annual overview of the latest developments in the world's illicit drug markets by focusing on the production, trafficking and consumption of the main types of illicit drugs, along with the related health consequences of those drugs.
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.