Mike Trace: Partnership Organized by the Government of Switzerland, the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and the Chatham House For many decades the focus of law enforcement efforts have been put into reducing the size of the market. Need to arrest and punish those caught in this system. …
International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)
Side event – Current drug policies: Evaluating indicators, examining future options
Peter Reuter The price of heroin has declined steadily in the USA. For cocaine, something more interesting is happening – stable purity, but the price fell sharply in the 1990s with a sharp increase since 2006. Of course, this sharp increase still leaves the inflation below that of 1990. For cannabis, there has been a …
CND Plenary Day 2 – Institute for Policy Study, Transnational Institute, IDPC
On behalf the Institute for Policy Studies/Transnational Institute But I am also delivering this statement on behalf of the International drug policy consortium The UNGASS is a welcome opportunity for the international community to respond to the rapidly changing realities of the global drug market. There are increasing demands for an open and broad review …
IDPC Side event on Scheduling and how to respond to the new challenges of new psychoactive substances
Scheduling at the core of the drug control system. Flashpoint for drug control system. At CND scheduling issue has been given a great deal of importance. Two thematic debates, one on scheduling and one on the UNGASS. Also a personal issue with two resolutions, one on ketamine and one on dronabinol. For the first time …
CND Plenary Day 2 – IDPC statement (on behalf of Release)
MIKE TRACE, RELEASE (ON BEHALF OF INTERNATIONAL DRUG POLICY CONSORTIUM) PANEL DEBATE ON UNGASS Ladies and Gentlemen. I speak here under the registration of Release, a UK based NGO, but also on behalf of the International Drug Policy Consortium, a global network of over 100 organisations that work together to promote a strong and progressive …
Side event – Monitoring and evaluation of the new regulatory law on cannabis in Uruguay
Julio Calzada, National Drugs Board, Uruguay I am going to talk about the conventions as this is a key issue here. We need to remember that reviewing conventions is important, they evolve over time. If we look at things from today’s perspective, we can see that from our own criteria and perspective, there are many …