Items tagged with UN drug control
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| UNGASS 2016: Prospects for Treaty Reform and UN System-Wide Coherence on Drug Policy [29.02.2016] | This paper explores key lessons from the 1990 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Drug Abuse (UNGASS 1990) and the 1998 Special ... |
| Lift the Ban! [22.02.2016] | In my experience, good public policy is best shaped by the dispassionate analysis of what in practice has worked, or not. Policy based on common assu ... |
| See inside the Himalayan villages that grow cannabis [31.01.2016] | Cannabis is illegal in India, but many villagers have turned to charas manufacturing out of financial necessity. “Nearly 400 of the 640 districts in ... |
| A new deal on drugs is as vital as a climate change accord [30.01.2016] | Standing on the podium at the United Nations in New York in June 1998, Kofi Annan declared: "It is time for all nations to say 'yes' to the challenge ... |
| Legalizing pot in Canada will run afoul of global treaties, Trudeau warned [04.01.2016] | The Liberal government will have to do substantial work on the international stage before it can follow through on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s pr ... |
| UNGASS 2016: Change to global drug policy unlikely [22.12.2015] | Next year's United Nation's General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem is, by UN standards, set to be controversial. But it is unlike ... |
| Decriminalise drugs to meet users' right to good health, says UN official [09.12.2015] | All drug use should be decriminalised and possession made free from the threat of lengthy prison terms, the UN’s special rapporteur on the right to h ... |
| As UNGASS approaches, yet another devastating UN critique of the drug war is published [08.12.2015] | A significant positive outcome has already emerged from next year’s UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs in the form of much more di ... |
| Govt urged to secure share of international ganja market [15.11.2015] | President of the Westmoreland Hemp and Ganja Farmers Association Ras Iyah is urging the Government of Jamaica to "align" with other countries to secu ... |
| UNGASS 2016: Background memo on the proposal to establish an expert advisory group [14.11.2015] | Significant changes in the global drug policy landscape are shaping up in the UNGASS 2016 preparations, in the direction of more humane and proportio ... |
| US endorses Mexico’s marijuana legalization ruling [08.11.2015] | The United States has backed a decision made by Mexico’s Supreme Court that paves the way for the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes ... |
| New UN think-tank report: What comes after the War on Drugs? [02.11.2015] | The UN's own thinktank, the United Nations University (UNU), published a report entitled What Comes After the War on Drugs? that argues that UNGASS 2 ... |
| UN agency urged to publish leaked paper backing drug legalisation [21.10.2015] | Delegates at the 2015 Harm Reduction Conference in Malaysia called on the United Nations drugs agency to officially release a leaked paper detailing ... |
| The truth behind the UNODC's leaked decriminalisation paper [20.10.2015] | The UN Office on Drugs and Crime has responded to the 'leak' of its paper calling for the decriminalisation of drug possession for personal use. The ... |
| UN attempt to decriminalise drugs foiled [19.10.2015] | A paper from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has been withdrawn after pressure from at least one country. The document, which was leaked, re ... |
| UN poised to call for decriminalisation of drugs, says Richard Branson [19.10.2015] | The United Nations is on the verge of issuing a call for all governments to decriminalise the possession and use of all drugs, according to businessm ... |
| IDPC response to the 2014 Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board [07.10.2015] | The advent of regulated cannabis markets in Uruguay and some US states over the past few years has constituted a profound shock to the international ... |
| Oregon marijuana legalization challenges US drug policy [02.10.2015] | Oregon joined Colorado and Washington in implementing a commercial cannabis market. Alaska, which also legalized marijuana through a ballot initiativ ... |
| Nick Clegg launches campaign to persuade EU leaders to back reform of drug laws [01.10.2015] | Nick Clegg is launching a campaign to persuade EU leaders to back global reform of drugs laws, warning that the current punitive approach has failed ... |
| World drug problem violates human rights in five key areas, says UN official [27.09.2015] | The global drug problem violates human rights in five key areas – the right to health, the rights relating to criminal justice and discrimination, th ... |
| IDPC recommendations for the "ZERO DRAFT" of the UNGASS outcome document [22.07.2015] | Preparations are gathering pace for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs, to be held on the 19th to 21st April 2016 ... |
| International Law and Drug Policy Reform [03.07.2015] | Drug policy reform is currently higher on the international agenda than it has been in recent memory. With a United Nations General Assembly Special ... |
| The 2015 Commission on Narcotic Drugs [14.06.2015] | The international drug control regime is facing the most profound challenge of its existence. Member states have for some time been experimenting wit ... |
| Minister Golding addresses UN Debate on international drug policy [07.05.2015] | Senator Mark Golding, minister of justice, participated in a plenary session with several UN member states at the United Nations in a High Level Them ... |
| The new drug warriors [01.05.2015] | The war on drugs is edging towards a truce. Half of Americans want to lift the ban on cannabis. America’s change of heart has led many to wonder if t ... |
| The wars don’t work [01.05.2015] | In the West few politicians have been ready to admit the drug war’s failure—even as they quietly moderate their policy. They need to be honest with t ... |
| Improving global drug policy: Comparative perspectives and UNGASS 2016 [28.04.2015] | As the world prepares for the 2016 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS 2016), an increasing numb ... |
| UNGASS 2016: Prospects for Treaty Reform and UN System-Wide Coherence on Drug Policy [28.04.2015] | This paper explores key lessons from the 1990 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Drug Abuse (UNGASS 1990) and the 1998 Special ... |
| 2016: The UN's year to take on drugs [26.04.2015] | Global disagreement over drug policies provides an important opportunity to reconsider the effectiveness of existing counternarcotics policies, addre ... |
| The Road to UNGASS 2016 [14.04.2015] | On 19th to 21st April 2016, there will be a United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) held in New York, dedicated to the issue of drug ... |
| Video report of the UN drug debate [08.04.2015] | This March, our video advocacy team attended the 58th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the largest drug policy gathering in the world, to ... |
| Dr. Lochan Naidoo - A frank conversation about drugs [29.03.2015] | The President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Dr Lochan Naidoo, became a member of International Doctors for Healthier Drug Poli ... |
| Jamaica to lead charge to change int'l treaties on marijuana [17.03.2015] | Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Anthony Hylton, says Jamaica intends to lead a charge in the United Nations to effect changes to the i ... |
| Another UN agency savages the drug war [16.03.2015] | The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN agency charged with developing strategies to reduce global poverty, has strongly criticised c ... |
| CND 2015 Side Event: E-Book of Authorities [11.03.2015] | The “E-Book of Authorities” is a civil society-led project to catalogue agreed UN statements and language on a selection of key topics. It aims to sh ... |
| Drug policy innovations in the Americas [11.03.2015] | In recent years, the Americas have been at the forefront of calls for a meaningful review of traditional approaches to drug control based on tough la ... |
| The war on ketamine [08.03.2015] | In a dispute that pits the war on drugs against global health needs — and one UN agency against another — a pair of Canadian researchers is spearhead ... |
| The ketamine controversy, continued [06.03.2015] | The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna will decide next week between two opposite proposals by China and the WHO about international contro ... |
| UN special envoy: ‘The current international control system for drugs has failed’ [03.03.2015] | Marijuana will become an unavoidable policy issue for health watchdogs in coming years. Growing scientific evidence about the medical benefits and a ... |
| UN drugs body warns US states and Uruguay over cannabis legalisation [03.03.2015] | The United Nations has renewed its warnings to Uruguay and the US states of Colorado and Washington that their cannabis legalisation policies fail to ... |
| On the death penalty for drugs [02.03.2015] | The Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), released today, calls upon States that ‘continue to impose the death penalty f ... |
| Why ‘Special K’ is good medicine [02.03.2015] | In the global world of illicit drug policies, the granddaddy of them all is the United States. But as the U.S. starts to, perhaps, question the effec ... |
| Ketamine control plan condemned as potential disaster for world's rural poor [27.02.2015] | A proposal that is about to come before the UN to restrict global access to ketamine, a drug abused in rich countries, would deprive millions of wome ... |
| Despite U.N. treaties, war against drugs a losing battle [25.02.2015] | As the call for the decriminalisation of drugs steadily picks up steam worldwide, a new study by the London-based charity Health Poverty Action concl ... |
| Indonesia's executions: Drugs diplomacy in a diplomatic crisis? [25.02.2015] | All diplomatic efforts earlier this month to save Brazilian and Dutch citizens from execution in Indonesia failed. Both were executed by firing squad ... |
| The UK needs common sense about ketamine [17.02.2015] | Ketamine is a unique anaesthetic and analgesic that has unfortunately become a popular recreational drug. In an attempt to reduce recreational use, a ... |
| The United Nations General Assembly Special Session on drugs in 2016 [16.02.2015] | In April 2016, representatives of the world’s nations will gather to evaluate drug policy in a United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGAS ... |
| CND decision to schedule ketamine would undermine WHO treaty mandate [16.02.2015] | The 58th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in March 2015 has been asked to consider a Chinese proposal to place ketamine – an esse ... |
| Fact Sheet on the Proposal to Discuss International Scheduling of Ketamine at the 58th CND [14.02.2015] | Ketamine is an essential medicine used for anaesthesia. It is the only available anaesthetic for essential surgery in most rural areas of developing ... |
| The road to the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs in 2016 [27.01.2015] | UN forums in recent years have witnessed more and more governments expressing their frustrations with the failing global war on drugs. This failure g ... |
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