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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.

Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy National Conference 2012: 'Progress, not Prisons'

Join Canada's only national drug policy reform conference! Join students, young people, researchers, social workers, policy makers, activists, academics, curious onlookers, and more for an exciting weekend! 

Investing in Young People - Harm Reduction in Lebanon

In this video, HCLU interviewed drug users, professionals and researchers about HIV and harm reduction in Lebanon.

Guatemala president orders army to join drugs fight

One day after his inauguration, Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has ordered the army to join the fight against drug cartels.

Mexico Updates Death Toll in Drug War to 47,515, but Critics Dispute the Data

The Mexican government updated its drug war death toll on Wednesday, reporting that 47,515 people had been killed in drug-related violence since President Felipe Calderón began a military assault on criminal cartels in late 2006.

How well do international drug conventions protect public health?

The adoption of national policies that are more aligned with the risks of different drugs and the effectiveness of controls will require the amendment of existing treaties, the formulation of new treaties, or withdrawal of states from existing treaties and re-accession with reservations.

Drugs, Security, and Democracy Fellowship

The Drugs, Security and Democracy (DSD) fellowship program supports research on organized crime, drug policy, issues of governance, and associated topics across the social sciences and related disciplines.

Drug dealers, drug lords and drug warriors-cum-traffickers: Drug crime and the narcotics market in Tajikistan

This report analyses the role played by the police, petty drug dealers and users in the street level drug trade in Tajikistan.

Policy and Public Health 2012 Conference

The themes for the Conference will include a wide range of public health areas where law enforcement, and particularly police, have a critical role to play.

Mexico's drugs war: Lessons and challenges

For the past five years, Mexico has been engaged in a bloody confrontation with drug gangs. Mexican political scientist Eduardo Guerrero Gutierrez looks at how the struggle is going and the implications for Mexico's presidential election in July.

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