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The EU Drugs Strategy - Twenty-Sixth Report
This report highlights what the EU's current eight-year Drugs Strategy has achieved, and what should come next. They welcome the practical application by the EU of the principle of subsidiarity in this area and agree with the witnesses that most aspects of drugs policies should remain within the competence of the Member States.
Efficacy of constitutional support to enhance access
This document reviews the current situation concerning access to medicines in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Lamiaa M. Elsayed, examined the policies, constitutional provisions and other legal instruments of the Member States.
AHPPN April Newsletter 2012
African HIV in Prisons Partnership Network April Newsletter 2012
EU drugs strategy (2005-2012)
This new strategy builds on the final evaluation of the 2000–2004 EU drugs strategy and action plan on drugs (COM (2004) 707 final) and on Europol and EMCDDA contributions in this context (Snapshots 1999-2004 and thematic papers). The strategy aims to provide added value to national drug strategies in the EU while respecting the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality set out in the Treaties.
Drugnet Europe 77 (EMCDDA Newsletter Jan to March 2012)
In this issue: 2012 EMCDDA work programme; ECDC-EMCDDA HIV rapid risk assessment; Romania passes law to curb distribution of new psychoactive substances; European summer school on illicit drugs; multicity project on wastewater analysis; upcoming events on new psychoactive substances; and new EMCDDA products and services.
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In this interview, Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch discusses the negative impacts of the war on drugs, the role of current drug policies in fuelling the global HIV epidemic, and examples of successful drug policy reforms such as those introduced in Portugal and Switzerland
A definition of ‘drug mules’ for use in a European context
EMCDDA explores whether a common definition of ‘drug mules’ can be developed in the European context and assesses the implications of this for data gathering and future research.
Joint UN Statement calls for the closure of compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centers
The joint statement has been signed by twelve United Nations entities. They are calling for the closure of compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centers.
Medicine and the Epidemic of Incarceration in the United States
This document analysis the dynamics of prison medicine as it relates to the issue of mental disorders.
CIDE: submissions for the position in drug policy
CIDE’s Región Centro campus, located in the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico, is calling for submissions for the position of Visiting Professor in the area of drug policy.
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