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18 July 2011

Khat: Social harms and legislation - A literature review

This study provides a literature review of material pertaining to the reported ‘social harms’ of khat to consumers in the UK, with commentary upon the legislation brought in to control and prohibit khat in other countries.
18 July 2011

EMCDDA Statistical bulletin 2011

The Statistical bulletin is published yearly by the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and provides access to the most recent statistical data relating to the drugs situation in Europe.
15 July 2011

Managing concurrent and repeated risks: Explaining reductions in opium production in Central Helmand (Afghanistan) in 2008-2011

Household concerns about food security because of the high wheat prices were key in driving down poppy cultivation between 2008 and 2009. The coercive power of the Afghan State and international military forces also seems to have been a significant factor in determining levels of cultivation in central Helmand in 2010 and 2011. However, the sustainability of these effects will vary among different communities.
15 July 2011

LEAP report - Ending the drug war: a dream deferred

In conjunction with the 40th anniversary of President Nixon declaring “war on drugs,” LEAP, a group of police, judges and jailers who support legalisation, released a report showing how the Obama administration is ramping up a war it claims ended two years ago.
14 July 2011

TNI report - Informal drug policy dialogue in Lisbon, January 2011

Over 50 policy makers, practitioners, academics, and representatives from NGOs and governmental organisations attended the meeting, to discuss the Portuguese decriminalisation model, cannabis policy reform, and the agenda and global initiatives at the 54th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
14 July 2011

TNI Drug Policy Briefing No 36 - Alternative development from the perspective of Colombian farmers

Alternative development programmes have been widely discussed from the point of view of experts, technocrats, politicians and academics, with advocates and detractors debating whether such programmes contribute to decreasing the cultivation of llegal crops. However, little is known about the opinions of the people targeted by these programmes and the implications that they have for their daily lives. This analysis hopes to play a role in correcting this imbalance.
14 July 2011

UNODC Report - Afghanistan cannabis survey 2010

This update of t he Afghanistan Cannabis Survey 2009 confirms Afghanistan's role as a major grower of cannabis, but also discovers that the country produces more cannabis resin or hashish than any other nation.
13 July 2011

Hemispheric report - Evaluation of progress in drug control in Latin America

The Hemispheric Report addresses the collective progress of the CICAD member states in confronting the drug problem from a  hemispheric perspective, mirroring the structure of the Hemispheric Drug Strategy, which provides guidelines for integrated, coordinated and cooperative hemispheric action.
12 July 2011

Drug situation in Georgia 2010

This review aims to summarise the main aspects of the drug situation in Georgia, and to describe its main characteristics, trends and developments. It also attempts to identify drug information gaps, as well as the adequacy of the system of responses to the drug problem in the country.