Demand reduction

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.

Unasur countries discussed on drugs

In November 2011, the South American Council on the World Drug Problem met in La Paz, Bolivia. Delegates from the twelve countries that make up the regional bloc participated.

Drug prevention programmes in schools: What is the evidence?

The prevention approaches which appear to be most effective are those based on social influences and life skills, for example Life Skills Training and Unplugged.

 

UNODC and Paraguay launch $10 million programme to combat drugs and crime

In a bid to increase the efficiency and responsiveness of Paraguay in tackling the combined threats of illicit drugs, trafficking and transnational organized crime, UNODC and the Government of Paraguay have launched a four-year national integrated programme to strengthen security at the national and regional levels.

EMCDDA Prevention profiles 2011

What are countries in Europe doing to prevent illicit drug use? Prevention profiles try to answer this question by providing information based on expert appraisal of the level of provision of different prevention measures in Europe.

Bolivia's Morales asks bloc to condemn US on drugs

Bolivian President Evo Morales said that a regional South American bloc should "decertify'' the U.S. in its counternarcotics efforts, hitting back at Washington's criticism of his South American nation on drugs. Morales accused the United States of being the root cause of the international drug trade as a leading consumer of cocaine.

United States expands its drug watch list to include all Central America

The White House added El Salvador and Belize to its list of drug producing and transit countries, placing for the first time all seven Central American nations on the list in a sign of how awash in illegal narcotics the region has become.

IDPC response to the EMCDDA - The European Union and illicit drug market indicators

In response to the EMCDDA call for input from experts to revise indicators monitoring the supply of illicit drugs in the European Union, IDPC prepared a submission promoting a set of indicators covering the levels of market-related harms to give a better picture of the achievements of drug law enforcement.

UNODC World Drug Report 2011

This report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime provides an overview of the global drug situation.

IDPC Briefing Paper - Policy responses to drug issues in Malaysia

This paper provides an insight into Malaysian drug policies and the environment in which the national response to drugs has been developing in terms of harm reduction, prisons, drug treatment, law enforcement responses and civil society participation. An analysis of the situation concludes with recommendations for further drug policy development. 

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