About Drugs & Democracy
Since 1996, the TNI Drugs & Democracy programme has been analysing the trends in the illegal drugs market and in drug policies globally. The programme has gained a reputation worldwide as one of the leading international drug policy research institutes and as a serious critical watchdog of UN drug control institutions, in particular the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).
TNI promotes evidence-based policies guided by the principles of harm reduction, human rights for users and producers, as well as the cultural and traditional uses of substances. The project seeks the reform of the current out-dated UN conventions on drugs, which were inconsistent from the start and have been surpassed by new scientific insights and new pragmatic policies that have proven to be successful.
For the past decade, the programme has maintained its main focus on developments in drug policy and its implication for countries in the South. The strategic objective is to contribute to a more integrated and coherent policy where illicit drugs are regarded as a cross-cutting issue within the broader development goals of poverty reduction, public health promotion, human rights protection, peace building and good governance.
In 2004 the Transnational Institute (TNI) and the Andreas G. Papandreou Foundation (APF) started an Informal Drug Policy Dialogue. Purpose of the dialogues is to have an open-minded exchange of views on current dilemmas in international drug policy making and discuss strategies on how contradictions might be resolved. In 2007, TNI and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) started a Latin American Informal Drug Policy Dialogue.
Drugs & Democracy is a programme of the Transnational Institute. For an overview of our work and our views, see: Ten Years - TNI Drugs & Democracy Programme 1998-2008.
For other issues the programme is involved with, see the section at the TNI website
More information about the TNI Drugs & Democracy Team and Associated Researchers.
New Approaches in Drug Policy & Interventions (NADPI) is a project led by the Transnational Institute, in collaboration with IDPC, Forum Droghe and Diogenis that aims to strengthen the evidence base of European drug policy making by expanding the knowledge base and exchanging best practices on a number of key policy dilemmas related to demand reduction, prevention and harm reduction strategies. This project is a continuation of an initiative by IDPC and TNI 'Evaluation and prospects of international drug control'.
This project has been made possible thanks to finacial support of the Drug Prevention and Information Programme of the European Union (JUST/2010/DPIP/AG/0984) and the Open Society Institute.
