Civil society engagement

IDPC Drug Policy Guide

The ‘war on drugs’ has failed to eradicate drug markets and use. A growing number of policy options are available to address drug-related harms. The IDPC Guide brings together global evidence and best practice to assist national policy makers in the design and implementation of drug policies. The Guide will be updated regularly to reflect new developments in the drug policy field.

Added on 4 March 2010

City Health 2012

This international event will examine policy and practice in relation to public health in cities, with a special focus on health behaviours – including on diet, alcohol, sex, drugs, smoking, nightlife and entertainment venues, mental and physical well-being, tourism, and health emergencies.

Tenth Biennial International Conference on Drugs, Alcohol and Society in Africa

Interested researchers in various academic disciplines, policy experts, practitioners, activists, and students are encouraged to submit abstracts of papers for presentation at the conference.

Press reporting of issues relating to illicit drug use - UK Drug Policy Commission submission to the Leveson Inquiry

Use of illicit drugs is a topic of frequent interest to the UK press and public, and some aspects of the reporting are a cause for concern, with frequent examples of exaggerated and inaccurate coverage.

Added on 17 January 2012

Civil Society Forum on Drugs to help the EC draft a new EU Drug Strategy

For the past few months, the Civil Society Forum on Drugs has been drafting a list of recommendations to guide the European Commission in drafting the new EU Drug Strategy.

Added on 17 January 2012

The Soviet doctor and the treatment of drug addiction: "A difficult and most ungracious task"

This paper reviews the development of early Soviet drug treatment approaches by focusing on the struggle for disciplinary power between leading social and mental hygienists and clinical psychiatrists as a defining moment for Soviet drug treatment speciality that became known as "narcology."

Added on 17 January 2012

7 Reasons Why We Dislike the New Hungarian Drug Strategy

The Hungarian government rejected the progressive drug strategy of the country and drafted a new, prohibitionist one based on zero-tolerance.

Added on 16 January 2012

AHRN unveils new Strategic Plan

Following a thorough review of its old structure and operations, AHRN has developed a new set of objectives that will guide its work over the coming years.

Added on 16 January 2012

Copenhagen wants controlled cannabis shops

The Copenhagen City Council is pushing ahead with a proposal to decriminalise cannabis, and has set up a committee to investigate the best way to regulate the supply and distribution. The favoured option is for 30 or 40 cannabis shops controlled by the city in which adults may legally buy cannabis. By a margin of 39 votes to nine, the City Council decided to draw up a detailed outline of how the plan would work. Subsequently, the resulting proposal still has to be ratified by the Danish parliament, which has blocked similar movements in the past. But after the national elections in September 2011 the current parliament could support decriminalisation this time around.

Added on 10 January 2012

Drug use and the child's right to health - submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Harm Reduction International, Youth RISE and the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network have provided the Committee with a submission on drug use, an issue specifically requested by the Committee in its guidance note.

Added on 9 January 2012
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