(CDA) but avoid classification as illegal and detection in standard drug tests. To conduct the analysis, I have assembled a … seizures, random mandatory drug test results, various measures of harm, violence, and causes of death. I first document a large … NPS. The analysis exploits cross-prison variation in the initial size of the drug market and shows high-intensity NPS …

Responsible Control of Drugs’ by the Global Commission on Drug Policy. This edition of the journal publishes papers addressing how … implementing public interest–based regulated drug markets is gaining traction. This will not be without challenges, including … provided with technical support to regulate risky products, so should move from rigid adherence to the failed drug prohibition …

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 …

likely to follow. But ignoring or denying that such policy shifts contravene certain obligations under the UN drug control … drug control conventions so as to accommodate cannabis regulation is not feasible for the foreseeable future, and the … options that do not require consensus are limited. For countries choosing to regulate cannabis, notwithstanding the drug …

IDPC was set up in 2007 as a response to the need for a global communication and advocacy structure in the area of drug … activities to influence national and international drug policies and programmes. This is the first IDPC progress report, which …

historical case of prohibition of alcohol, our present drug policy has increased crime, decreased respect for legitimate law, and …