Time for a Wake-up Call: An historical and ethnographic approach to the...
The chemically-based frame of reference adopted by the UN Single Convention is mistaken in the culturally loaded and falsely “scientific” manner in which it was applied to different plants.read more
View ArticleCannabis policy reform in Europe
Bottom up rather than top down While in the Americas cannabis policy reform is taking off, Europe seems to be lagging behind. At the level of national governments denial of the changing policy...
View ArticlePolicy Responses to Changing Markets of New Psychoactive Substance and Mild...
Expert Seminar, Barcelona, Spain 28 November 2014 How does national legislation in different EU member states compare and how effective is the adding of new psychoactive substances (NPS) to the...
View ArticleThe International Drug Control Regime and Access to Controlled Medicines
In poor and developing nations pain remains largely uncontrolled. Africa is the least well served continent for access to analgesia.read more
View ArticleFixing a broken system
Modernizing drug law enforcement in Latin America Despite efforts by governments in Latin America, illicit drugs continue to provide one of the largest incomes for criminal organizations, enabling...
View ArticleMexico: Challenging Drug Prohibition from Below
The horrific forced disappearance of 43 students in Iguala reveals how organised crime and corruption thrive in conditions of institutional or democratic weakness, shaped to a large extent by...
View ArticleTowards a Healthier Legal Environment
A Review of Myanmar's Drug Laws The decision of the Myanmar Government to review drug laws is not only timely, but also offers a prospect to improve the drugs legislation and to ensure that the laws...
View ArticleThe Current State of Counternarcotics Policy and Drug Reform Debates in Myanmar
Improving Global Drug Policy: Comparative Perspectives and UNGASS 2016 Are Myanmar's current drug policies effective? How do they impact important issues such as human rights, sustainable development,...
View ArticleProspects for Treaty Reform and UN Coherence on Drug Policy
Improving Global Drug Policy: Comparative Perspectives and UNGASS 2016 Can UNGASS 2016 realistically initiate a process of modernizing the global drug control system and breathe oxygen into a system...
View ArticleHuman rights and drug policy
An accessible but comprehensive primer on why TNI believes that human rights must be at the heart of any debate on drug control.read more
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....