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Monday, June 28, 2010

The Vienna Declaration: Experts highlight negative impact of drug war on HIV, call for decriminalisation

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The criminalisation of illicit drug users is fuelling the HIV epidemic and has resulted in overwhelmingly negative health and social cons...
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Great new ICSDP video explaining the costs of the drug war

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A video for anyone who wants to better understand the failures of prohibition and learn more about alternatives that have proven to be mor...
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Friday, June 25, 2010

Home Office internal document reveals bunker mentality of secrecy and suppression

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23.00 update: this story has now been picked up by PA news: Ministers 'covered up drugs report' and is also discussed on BBC Hom...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Call to Action: Support Global Drug Policy Reform on World Drug Day, 26 June 2010

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The following statement has been prepared by the Open Society Institute Global Drug Policy Program to mark this years UN World Drugs Day. It...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010

The Economist steps up public debate on drug legalisation

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As part of its latest promotional campaign The Economist magazine has launched a series of  'where do you stand?' debates built aro...
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Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Suspiciously inflated drug seizure 'street value' estimates (again)

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The BBC reports today, in a news piece titled 'Two tonnes of cocaine seized in The Gambia' , that:    'At least two tonnes of...
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Thursday, June 03, 2010

'War on drugs' behind endless misery

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The commentary reproduced below by Evan Wood   of the recently established International Centre for Science in Drug Policy was origina...
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Monday, May 24, 2010

ONDCP on the defensive as drug war exposed to mainstream media critique

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After the publication of a blistering critique of the drug war from Martha Mendoza of Associated Press was published widely across the US...
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Monday, May 17, 2010

IHRA launches 'The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2010' report

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  The International Harm Reduction Association released a study on the death penalty for drug offences today on the opening day of the 19...
Sunday, May 16, 2010

How to End the War on Drugs: Building Peace in Latin America

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How to End the War on Drugs: Building Peace in Latin America With Danny Kushlick, Head of External Affairs, Transform Drug Policy Found...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Targeted Killing of Drug Lords: illegal under international law

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Last August there was a fair amount of international coverage of a new US policy involving targeted assassinations of Afghan drug lords thou...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

IHRA conference plenary : 'The Next Generation of Drug Policy: Decriminalisation and Beyond'

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Transform, in collaboration with the International Drug Policy Consortium organised the Tuesday plenary session at this year's Interna...
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