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IDPC Concept Note: Effective Drug Law Enforcement - (2009) (English) | |
| Many law enforcement managers and analysts have come to the conclusion that strong action against drug production, distribution and use cannot be successful in eradicating drug markets, and that new strategies and approaches are needed. Consistent with general IDPC drug policy principles, we argue in this paper that the focus of law enforcement action against illegal drug markets should move towards partnership work to reduce the health and social consequences, such as drug related crime or HIV/AIDS. The concept paper describes an IDPC project that aims to bring together law enforcement managers and strategists from around the world to refine ideas for effective use of law enforcement resources, and promote these strategies to the relevant authorities. [+ more] | ||
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THE SWISS FOUR PILLARS POLICY: An Evolution From Local Experimentation to Federal Law - (2009) (English) | |
| Within the context of the November referendum, this briefing paper aims to relate lessons learned by the incremental implementation of the Four Pillar Policy in Switzerland. Initially innovative and centred in 'progressive' urban areas, the 4-Pillar Policy spread little by little throughout the nation. Considered politically radical at its inception, the principle of harm reduction gradually gained the support of the population as a whole. As such, Switzerland's case demonstrates that in certain socio-political settings it is possible for an integrated drug policy centred on health to overcome the ideological imperatives previously motivating governing authorities to adopt a law enforcement-oriented approach. As the brief demonstrates, once implemented in certain locales, the majority of the actively voting Swiss population became convinced by the advantages of the new policy approach in terms of public security, public health and social cohesion. Nonetheless, if the Swiss experience effectively establishes that the population as a whole can embrace such policies once they have been adopted in certain localities, it also illustrates that it takes time for wider societal attitudes to change. [+ more] | ||
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The Incarceration of Drug Offenders: An Overview - (2009) (English) | |
| This report published by the Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme in partnership with the International Centre for Prison Studies at Kings College London, revisits the topic of the incarceration of drug offenders. The report provides an overview of some of the available incarceration data from around the world and brings together much contemporary research on the topic. A great deal of the discussion concerns one of the most enthusiastic supporters of incarceration as a drug prevention measure, the United States. It is suggested however, that the results of policy within the United States should be used as evidence to encourage other member states not to follow this route. [+ more] | ||
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Political Declaration - (2009) (English) | |
| These two documents are the versions presented to delegates when they arrived at the high level meeting on 11th March. [+ more] | ||
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IDPC Proceedings document on the 2009 CND and High Level Segment - (2009) (English) | |
| This proceedings document provides the reader with a summary of what happened at the 52nd session of the CND and its High Level Segment and offers an analysis of some of the key discussions and debates. [+ more] | ||
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Political Declaration and Action Plan - (2009) (English) | |
| These two documents are the versions presented to delegates when they arrived at the high level meeting on 11th March. [+ more] | ||
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A Report on Global Illicit Drug Markets 1998-2007 - (2009) (English) | |
| In response to concerns that the official data collected by the UNODC for the 10 year review of drug policy would be insufficient, the European Commission funded a research study into the scale and nature of global drug markets, and the trends in these markets over the last decade. [+ more] | ||
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International AIDS Society letter - (2009) (English) | |
| The International AIDS Society letter to the CND calls for the inclusion of evidence-based support for harm reduction, and for essential medicines for OST and palliative care into the global frameworks for control of narcotic drugs. [+ more] | ||