As the debate on drug policy and law reform gathers momentum on the international stage, the failings of the three UN … drug control conventions (1961, 1971 and 1988) have come into stark relief. Criticisms of the global drug control regime … established by the drug treaties have now entered the mainstream public discourse and political debate. The discussions around …

The problems associated with the global drug trade are amongst the most challenging and intractable of all those facing … policy-makers. The global drug prohibition system is widely acknowledged as a costly and counterproductive failure, not only … crime. The need for new thinking has never been more evident. It is argued that current arguments for drug policy reform …

search of an effective therapeutic drug. Experimental drugs developed for other infections, such as Gilead's remdesivir, have … developing broad-spectrum drugs.These drugs, however, confront a market failure: what firm will invest millions developing a drug …-spectrum antiviral drugs developed up to phase III clinical trials in the FDA drug approval process. I also emphasize the importance of …

This volume is part of the response to the 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on international drug … policy and the emergence of analysis of international drug policy in academic literature. Editors David Bewley-Taylor and …-Western countries. They have selected authors to provide an analytical critique of international drug policy, evidencing their stance of …

Thailand as practitioners of rural development policies in drug crop affected regions seek to translate the lessons of … traditional "alternative development" to urban and borderland areas affected by drug trafficking, arguing that many of the … drug debates. It then takes a step into the literature on peacebuilding, examining the possible positioning of drugs and …

The concept of alternative development (AD) in international drug control has evolved over the past four decades, with … several major milestones between the two United Nations General Assembly Special Sessions on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS …) 1998 and 2016. However, it was not until UNGASS 2016 that the door for development-oriented thinking in international drug …