This Fact Sheet reports on good practice models in Scotland, Denmark, Italy and Spain on overdose prevention and management programmes upon release from prison.
The report addresses racial disparities in the criminal justice system, juvenile life without parole, the death penalty and its racial implications and felony disenfranchisement.
This report analyses the results of the partial agreement on drugs reached at the talks being held in Havana between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, and the Colombian government.
The study assesses state responses to illicitly-used drugs in eight countries in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay.
In December 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to fully legalize the production, sale and consumption of marijuana for personal use. This document offers a summary of the key provisions of the law.
The drug court model must be corrected to play a more effective role in improving the well-being of people involved in the criminal justice system who suffer substance use problems.