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27 June 2012

ВСЕМИРНЫЙ ДОКЛАД О НАРКОТИКАХ 2012 год : РЕЗЮМЕ

Глава I публикуемого в этом году Всемирного доклада о наркотиках содержит обзор последних тенденций и наркоситуации с точки зрения производства, незаконного оборота и потребления, последствий употребления запрещенных наркотиков в плане лечения, а также связанных с наркотиками заболеваний и случаев смерти. В главе II в долгосрочной перспективе представлены характеристики и эволюция проблемы наркотиков, а также основные факторы, способствующие ее формированию.

26 June 2012

EMCDDA Cannabis production and markets in Europe

In this detailed assessment, the EMCDDA brings together available evidence to provide a comprehensive analysis of what is known about the production of and market for cannabis across the European Union.

26 June 2012

A breakthrough in the making? Shifts in the Latin American drug policy debate

This briefing explains the background to the opening of the drug policy debate in Latin America, summarises the most relevant aspects of the ongoing drug law reforms in some countries, and makes a series of recommendations that could help to move the debate forward in a productive manner.

25 June 2012

Count the Costs: The Alternative World Drug Report

A new report, launched to coincide with publication of the 2012 UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s World Drug Report, exposes the failure of governments and the UN to assess the extraordinary costs of pursuing a global war on drugs, and calls for UN member states to meaningfully count these costs, and explore all the alternatives.

25 June 2012

The war on drugs and HIV/AIDS: How the criminalization of drug use fuels the global pandemic

This new report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy focuses on the impact of the global war on drugs on the HIV/AIDS pandemic among people who use drugs and their sexual partners.

25 June 2012

UNODC World Drug Report 2012

UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov today in New York launched the 2012 World Drug Report during a General Assembly thematic debate on the impact of drugs and crime on development.

22 June 2012

IDPC Briefing Paper - Drug consumption rooms: Evidence and practice

This briefing paper provides an overview of drug consumption rooms from around the world, as well as information on the background, history, objectives and impacts of drug consumption rooms.

21 June 2012

IDPC Advocacy Note - Drugs, crime and development: The need for system-wide coherence

This briefing outlines the key issues for the debate and underlines the importance of coherence across the UN system on the complex issue of drugs.

20 June 2012

Partners In Crime: International Funding for Drug Control and Gross Violations of Human Rights

The report tracks drug enforcement funding from donor states, often via the United Nations, to countries where executions, arbitrary detention, physical abuse and slave labour are weapons in the war on drugs.

18 June 2012

Drugs, crime and punishment - Proportionality of sentencing for drug offences

This briefing paper looks at specific criteria of proportionality developed in the context of drug control and describes a number of recent attempts to recalibrate the often grossly disproportionate nature of current drug laws and their enforcement around the world.

18 June 2012

EMCDDA General Report of Activities 2011

The General report of activities is an annual publication providing a detailed progress report of the EMCDDA’s activities over a 12-month period. It catalogues the Centre’s achievements in each area of its annual work programme.

17 June 2012

Modernising the global drug control system. Can Europe lead - A civil society perspective

The session focused on the conclusions of the report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy and its implication for Europe. The discussions touched upon issues related to the willingness of the EU to engage in meaningful debate around drug policy reform and harm reduction, and strategies that could be implemented to encourage more leadership among EU institutions.