Publications

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30 September 2013

IDPC Briefing Paper - New Zealand’s psychoactive substances legislation

This briefing analyses the New Zealand’s ground-breaking and world-leading Psychoactive Substances Act 2013.

24 September 2013

Hepatitis C treatment access and uptake for people who inject drugs: A review mapping the role of social factors

A combination intervention approaches is needed, encompassing social interventions in relation to housing, stigma reduction and systemic changes in policy and health care delivery.

20 September 2013

Time to listen: Trends in U.S. security assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean

This report describes the U.S. war on drugs policy on the in Latin America pushed by powerful bureaucratic interests in the Pentagon and the DEA.

18 September 2013

IDPC Advocacy Note - A drug-free ASEAN by 2015: Harmless rhetoric or a dangerous mantra?

This briefing aims to provide recommendations for ASEAN member states as they consider approaches to conducting the final review of the ASEAN drug strategy ending in 2015.

17 September 2013

From Kratom to mitragynine and its derivatives: Physiological and behavioural effects related to use, abuse, and addiction

Kratom is systematically consumed to enhance tolerance for hard work or as a substitute in the self-treatment of opiate dependence.

17 September 2013

Availability of HIV prevention and treatment services for people who inject drugs: Findings from 21 countries

Harm reduction service provision to people who use drugs needs to be regularly collected using standard indicators.

16 September 2013

Should drug policy be aimed at cartel leaders? Breaking down a peaceful equilibrium

A peaceful equilibrium arises if there are only a few drug trafficking organisations that care enough about the future.

16 September 2013

Professional profile of the outreach worker in harm reduction

This book is a training tool for harm reduction outreach workers and offers a reflection for the more experienced workers.

16 September 2013

Licensing and regulation of the cannabis market in England and Wales: Towards a cost-benefit analysis

This study evaluate the possibilities and results of a hypothetical regulation of cannabis markets in the UK.

16 September 2013

MDLE report 5 - Drug law enforcement and financial investigation strategies

This report offers an overview of some better and some false steps that have been undertaken in the field of drug law enforcement and financial investigation strategies.

16 September 2013

MDLE report 4 - Practical implications of policing alternatives to arrest and prosecution for minor cannabis offences

The report provides an overview of some of the many difficulties that may – and do – confront police services when tasked to implement cannabis drug law reform measures.

16 September 2013

MDLE report 6 - Drug markets, security and foreign aid

This briefing paper explores the rationale behind aid distribution vis-à-vis counter-narcotics and emphasises some of the geopolitical reasoning often underpinning the delivery of aid packages.