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 …

for drug offenses. Unlike other states, California has had a policy of mandatory diversion to drug treatment for non …-violent drug offenders since mid-2001 (Proposition 36). Using a rich dataset including current and prior criminal charges from 1995 … through 2005 in California, we examine whether disparities in court dispositions to prison and drug treatment between White …

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 …

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs), which record a patient's opioid prescribing history. While few providers …

. Prison and jail admissions more than tripled in the ensuing years (Harrison & Karberg, 2003), with drug violations accounting … inmate population (Belenko & Peugh, 1998; Harrison & Beck, 2002). As of 2001, drug offenders comprised more than half (57 …

, we find that over a longer time horizon, reformulation stimulated illicit drug markets to grow and evolve. We compare …