This briefing provides an overview of the current discussion around threshold quantities and explores the mechanism of threshold quantities including their benefits and drawbacks as a policy and legal tool.
While overall growth in numbers of new HIV infections has slowed in most regions of the world, infections linked to injection drug use continue to grow. This trend has been most pronounced in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; however, new infections related to injection drug use also appear to be growing in East Africa.
This is the first edition of the International Journal on Human rights and Drug Policy, the only international peer reviewed law journal focusing exclusively on human rights and drug policy.
This briefing paper provides an overview of issues related to kratom legislation and policy in Thailand as well as a set of conclusions and recommendations to contribute to a reassessment of the current ban on kratom in Thailand and the region.
The International Journal on Human Rights and Drug Policy seeks to expand the current body of legal research and analysis on drug policy issues as they intersect with international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law.
The South East European Drug Policy Network held its third meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece in March 2011, during which participants shared knowledge and experiences from across the region, and identify common problems and key priorities for drug policy advocacy.
With over two years in office, the Obama Administration has had time to begin to make its mark on the government's domestic and international drug policies. This briefing paper analyses the modest changes that have taken place to date.
This report aims to provide the reader with a summary of what happened at 54th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, including at various satellite events, and offers some analysis of the key discussions and debates.
In the first peer reviewed study to assess the impact of supervised injection sites on overdose mortality, researchers observed a 35 per cent reduction in overdose deaths in the immediate vicinity of Insite (a supervised injection facility in British Colombia, Canada) following its opening in September 2003.
The report was officially endorsed as country report and was used for the official country statement at the session focused on the efforts of the country to further institutionalise the harm reduction approach and move beyond the punishment of drug users, calling for decriminalisation.
