Latest Drug Policy Publications:

2009 Drug World Report
Latest report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

At What Cost? HIV and Human Rights Consequences of the Global War on Drugs
Open Society Institute, Public Health Programme. New book on the HIV and Human Rights Consequences of the Global War on Drugs. A decade after governments worldwide pledged to achieve a "drug-free world," there is little evidence that the supply of or demand for illicit drugs has decreased. Instead, aggressive drug control policies have led to widespread human rights violations and fueled epidemics of HIV and AIDS among people who use drugs.

2007 Drug World Report
This report was produced in the Research and Analysis Section of UNODC, under the supervision of Sandeep Chawla and Thibault le Pichon and benefited from the work and expertise of many UNODC staff around the world.

September UNGASS News
The third of our regular "UNGASS News" updates, keeping the network up to speed with developments in the review process, reports on the Demand Reduction Expert Working Group and the 2008 Global ATS Report from UNODC. Contents: Introducing the UNGASS Review Process; The Expert Working Group on Demand Reduction; The 2008 Global ATS report from UNODC; and the First Intersessional Meeting.

"An Overview of Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate" Latest BFDPP Briefing Paper:
A group of five leading authorities on cannabis and drug policy, Professors Robin Room, Benedikt Fischer, Wayne Hall, Simon Lenton and Peter Reuter, were commissioned and assisted by Amanda Feilding, Director of the Beckley Foundation, to undertake a review of the current evidence regarding cannabis and its place in the international drug control system.