Global Drug Policy Observatory

Analysis of the World Drug Report 2023: The promise and peril of going green IDPC, Viso Mutop and GDPO explore the report's discussion of buoyant drug markets and UNODC's stance on key issues like decriminalisation, human rights and environmental impact, noting the growing influence of green criminology and its potential to reshape perspectives.

👉Latest GDPO Publication by Luca Trenta & Jochen Kleinschmidt : Remote warfare in the ‘backyard’:
the US government, counternarcotics,
and remote warfare in Latin America.
Read it here:https://www.swansea.ac.uk/media/Policy-Report-8.pdf

Check out new GDPO and partners Policy Brief, Scanning the Horizon: Drones and Counter-narcotics in Latin America, by Jochen Kleinschmidt and Luca Trenta. First in a series of three from the Drugs and Conflict Project
https://www.swansea.ac.uk/gdpo/projectpages/drugsandconflict/

New GDPO blog by on “The disposable foot soldiers of crime” – Media, County Lines and Moral Panics. Check it out: https://gdpo.swan.ac.uk/?p=644

https://www.channel4.com/news/new-global-index-ranks-countries-efforts-to-tackle-drug-use

New global index ranks countries’ efforts to tackle drug use A new consortium of drug policy, civil society and community organisations has developed a data index which ranks countries according to how well they're dealing with the problem

The Global Drug Policy Index (GDPI): A bold new approach to improve policies, harm reduction funding, and the lives of people who use drugs.

💻 Visit the Index: globaldrugpolicyindex.net

The Global Drugs Policy Index Meet the Global Drug Policy Index A unique tool that documents, measures and compares national drug policies The Global Drug Policy Index provides each country with a score and ranking that shows how much their drug policies and their implementation align with the UN principles of human rights, heal...

Radical Relook at Drug Policies Puts Human Rights into Equation A “radically innovative” new analysis of global drug policies has laid bare the full impact repressive drug laws and their implementation have on millions of people worldwide, civil society groups behind its creation have said. The inaugural Global Drug Policy Index (GDPI) www.globaldrugpolicyin...

New GDPO blog by Temitope Salami: Proposing a Harm Reduction Framework for Youth Drug Use in Nigeria: A Research Inspired Commentary. https://gdpo.swan.ac.uk/?p=634

Proposing a Harm Reduction Framework for Youth Drug Use in Nigeria: A Research Inspired Commentary | Global Drug Policy Observatory Proposing a Harm Reduction Framework for Youth Drug Use in Nigeria: A Research Inspired Commentary Temitope SalamiDrugs is a hotly debated subject that attracts the attention of policymakers, especially regarding the perceived effects drug use has on society. But, following scientific research and t...

Our latest Policy Brief by is now published- Between Prohibition & Regulation: Narrative Analysis of Cannabis Policy Debate in Africa. Read it here:https://swansea.ac.uk/media/Policy-brief-17.pdf

We are holding a webinar on 27 October from 1-2pm on the topic Drug Policy and Children's Rights. Speakers are Damon Barrett of the University of Gothenburg, author of ‘Child Rights and Drug Control in International Law’ and Angharad Williams/Jamie Harris of Choices (Swansea), a young person’s drugs and harm reduction service. Sponsored by the School of Social Science, the Observatory on Human Rights of Children and the Global Drug Policy Observatory. Please feel free to circulate this link to others.



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Christopher Hallam reviews ‘Drug Smuggler Nation: Narcotics and the Netherlands, 1920-1995.’ by Stephen Snelders https://gdpo.swan.ac.uk/?p=627v

Catch up with the latest from the GDPO team in our Quarterly News bullitin https://www.swansea.ac.uk/gdpo/gdpoquarterlynews/

Read the latest GDPO Working Paper Series (No. 7: July 2021)
Heroin-Assisted Treatment and the United Nations international drug control apparatus by
Christopher Hallam bit.ly/2ULOCOm

Among other things, the World Drug Report 2021 recommends take downs of online markets and platforms. Check out our new video explainer critiquing this approach. Also see here for related Policy Brief:https://www.swansea.ac.uk/media/Drug-Crypto-Markets_FINAL_June_2021.pdf
https://youtu.be/t2S-s0DM20g

CryptoMarketsV4C This GDPO Policy Brief is intended to inform policy-makers, practitioners, and other actors of the latest developments – and likely future direction – of Dru...

GDPO's latest Policy Brief is a co-publication with scholars : Drug Cryptomarkets in the 2020s: Policy, Enforcement, Harm, and Resilience
Read it here: http://bit.ly/GDPOBrief16

Briefing Paper: Edging forward: How the UN’s language on drugs has advanced since 1990 (Version 2)https://www.swansea.ac.uk/media/Edging-Forward_v2.pdf

The Future of Cannabis in the Caribbean (Side event at the 64th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs)

Two years after the presentation of the 2018 CARICOM report “Waiting to Exhale-Safeguarding our future through responsible socio-legal policy on Marijuana” at the CND, this years’ side event the organizers would like to share insights on progress made, regarding the public policies on cannabis and the development of a medical cannabis industry in the Caribbean region.

In this meeting we will learn about the implementation of legal medical cannabis models, and appreciate the challenges to develop inclusive policies and design business models in which also traditional cannabis cultivators can be part.
As the CARICOM report stated in its’ preface , are there signs we are ‘moving away from the narrow constraints of medical ma*****na, to embrace notions of social justice, human rights, economics, regional hegemony and their right to health’?

Speakers:

*Jerrol Thompson- Executive Director Medicinal Cannabis Authority- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
*Vicki Hanson- Interdisciplinary Centre for Cannabis Research- University of the West Indies Jamaica
*Faith Graham, CEO Cannabis Licensing Authority- Jamaica
*Pien Metaal -Transnational Institute- The Netherlands

Moderator Dave Bewley Taylor - Global Drug Policy Observatory- University of Swansea- UK

The Future of Cannabis in the Caribbean (Side event at the 64th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs) Side event at the 64th UN Commission on Narcotic DrugsTHE FUTURE OF CANNABIS IN THE CARIBBEANTwo years after the presentation of the 2018 CARICOM report “Wai...

The World Drug Report 2020: Perspectives on markets, technology, and policy IDPC and GDPO acknowledge the wealth of data in the World Drug Report, whilst critiquing its overly positive outlook on the impact of drug control efforts and law enforcement approaches.