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UNGASS 2016: Prospects for treaty reform and UN system-wide coherence on drug policy
This paper explores key lessons from the 1990 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Drug Abuse (UNGASS 1990) and the 1998 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on ...
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The E-Book of Authorities
The E-Book of Authorities catalogues agreed UN statements and language on a selection of topics, to show the extent of existing international support for evidence-based drug policies.
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Cannabis policy reform in Europe
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The Rise and Decline of Cannabis Prohibtion
The History of Cannabis in the UN Drug Control System and Options For Reform The question facing the international community today is no longer whether or not there is a need to reassess and moderniz ...
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The Northern Triangle’s drugs-violence nexus
The role of the drugs trade in criminal violence and policy responses in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras
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Study: The ‘gateway drug’ is alcohol, not marijuana
A study in the August edition of The Journal of School Health finds that the generations old theory of a “gateway drug” effect is in fact accurate for some drug users, but shifts the blame for those ...
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The Limits of Latitude
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Towards revision of the UN drug control conventions
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A breakthrough in the making?
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Chewing over Khat prohibition
The globalisation of control and regulation of an ancient stimulant
Where strict bans on khat have been introduced they have had severe unintended negative consequences and failed to further the integration, social incusion and economic prosperity of Somali communiti ...
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Regime change
Re-visiting the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
The international community needs to revisit the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs with a view to correcting past errors and inconsistencies within the regime, particularly those relating to schedu ...
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Systems Overload
Drug Laws and Prisons in Latin America
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Cannabis social clubs in Spain
A normalizing alternative underway
Cannabis social clubs are noncommercial organisations of users who cultivate and distribute enough cannabis to meet their personal needs without having to turn to the black market.
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Countering Illicit and Unregulated Money Flows
Money Laundering, Tax Evasion and Financial Regulation
Since its beginnings in 1989, the international anti-money laundering regime has not worked as well as intended. After two decades of failed efforts, experts still ponder how to implement one that do ...
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Coca Myths
TNI Drugs & Conflict Debate Papers 17, June 2009
The coca leaf has been used and misused for many ends, each of them suiting different interests and agendas.