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Breaking the Taboo Film (English)
Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this groundbreaking new documentary uncovers the UN sanctioned war on drugs, charting its origins and its devastating impact on countries like the USA, Colombia and Russia. Featuring prominent statesmen including Presidents Clinton and Carter, the film follows The Global Commission on Drug Policy on a mission to break the political taboo and expose the biggest failure of global policy in the last 50 years.
Breaking the Taboo Film (Spanish)
Narrated Gael Garcia Bernal, this groundbreaking new documentary uncovers the UN sanctioned war on drugs, charting its origins and its devastating impact on countries like the USA, Colombia and Russia. Featuring prominent statesmen including Presidents Clinton and Carter, the film follows The Global Commission on Drug Policy on a mission to break the political taboo and expose the biggest failure of global policy in the last 50 years.
Methadone diversion as a protective strategy: The harm reduction potential of ‘generous constraints’
Methadone maintenance treatment is evidenced as a successful harm reduction initiative in regard to the prevention of blood borne viruses and other injecting related harms. This is attributable to reductions in heroin use and injecting equipment sharing incidents, yet the means by which these are achieved are rarely elaborated.
Opinion: Change in attitude is needed to prevent unnecessary human tragedy
An editorial by Michel Kazatchkine for World AIDS day.
Resolución Para una Política Pública Salubrista sobre los Trastornos Relacionados con el Uso de Sustancias
Resolution by the Puerto Rican College of Physicians and Surgeons and several public health professionals stating that substance misuse is a chronic health condition. (document in Spanish)
IDHDP November Newsletter 2012
This issue highlights IDHDP activities, upcoming conferences, new publications, and more.
Drug policy and women: Addressing the negative consequences of harmful drug control
This briefing by International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) aims to highlight the effects of drug policy on women as producers, suppliers and consumers of drugs in order to inform and guide policy makers on practices that should be avoided, as well as highlight those policies which effectively incorporate and address women’s needs.
From Crime to Recovery: The Reframing of British Drugs Policy?
During the last 5 years, there has been an important shift in the policy discourse around drugs issues. This article reviews the key changes and continuities in British drugs policy since the mid 1990s. It examines the crime reduction focus of the previous Labour government and the processes by which the recovery discourse came to dominate the current policy framework under the coalition government in 2010.
Drugs, Security and Democracy Fellowship
The Drugs, Security and Democracy (DSD) fellowship program supports research on drug policy, citizen security and democratic governance, as well as associated topics across the social sciences and related disciplines. Applications close on 20 January 2013.
Drug treatment reduces criminal behaviour in adults with ADHD by about a third, study shows
Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are less likely to commit criminal offences when taking treatment for the condition, research conducted in Sweden has shown.
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