Hurt by bad policy: Why the most vulnerable are needed for better drug policies
Farmers who make a living growing opium are not the enemy, according to panelists at the debate entitled “Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor,” held February 20 as part of the Central European...
View ArticleObstacles ahead in Burma’s opium war
Southeast Asia’s Golden Triangle is a crumpled baize of lofty peaks and lush valleys straddling the triptych borders of Thailand, Laos and Burma. The region is notorious for drugs, particularly Burma’s...
View ArticleUNODC and UNIDO will promote development in rural communities dependent on...
UNODC and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization will join forces to promote grass-roots development in poor rural communities dependent on the cultivation of illicit drug crops. An...
View ArticleInternational Journal of Drug Policy call for papers: Global patterns of...
This special issue of the International Journal of Drug Policy aims to critically examine and advance research on differences in the characteristics, motivations, cultivation methods and organisational...
View ArticleFrom conflict to collaboration: An innovative approach to reducing coca...
Upon his presidential election, Bolivian coca grower leader Evo Morales adopted a policy of promoting consensual coca reduction through social control, a sophisticated coca monitoring system, and...
View ArticleDrugs and development: Punishing the poor
Throughout many parts of the developing world, the cultivation of illicit crops is the only economically viable option for small farmers. Despite major investments in alternative livelihood programs,...
View ArticleObama cuts funds to combat Colombia's drug trade
Obama called on U.S. Congress to earmark $319 million to combat the drug trade in Colombia, a reduction from the current fiscal year's spending which stands at $328.5 million.U.S. spending on the "war...
View ArticleAfghanistan Opium Survey 2012
In 2012, the Opium Risk Assessment is carried out in two phases similar to last year. The first phase was carried out in December 2011 and January 2012 and covered the Central, Eastern, Southern and...
View ArticleColombian President Santos and OAS Chief Insulza to present new study on drug...
This Friday, May 17, in Bogotá, Colombia, Organization of American States Secretary General José Miguel Insulza will present Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos with the outcomes of the hemispheric...
View ArticleColombian President Santos, OAS Chief Insulza to Present New Study on Drug...
Review was Mandated by Heads of State at 2012 Summit of the AmericasLondon—This Friday, May 17, in Bogotá, Colombia, Organization of American States Secretary General José Miguel Insulza will present...
View ArticleOAS Report - Scenarios for the drug problem in the Americas 2013-2025
The Summit of Heads of State and Governments in Cartagena gave the Organisation of American States a mandate to produce two documents: an analytical reports to look at current trends, best practices,...
View ArticleA Thai outlet in cannabis drug law reforms in USA
The following advertisement, paraphrased for brevity, is currently running in the US state of Colorado, and in slightly edited form across the entire United States: "Needed urgently, 64 tonnes of...
View ArticleWhy is the international development community absent from debates on drug...
In a blog published today, Dr Schultze-Kraft, who is Governance Team Leader at IDS and co-chair of the Global Drug and Development Policy Roundup, calls for the formation of an international global...
View ArticleBringing development in: Tackling the negative effects of illicit drugs and...
In early 2013, the Institute of Development Studies hosted the Global Drug and Development Policy Roundup, a new forum for discussing the nexus between the production, trade and use of illicit drugs,...
View ArticleIndigenous Colombians resist toxic anti-drug spraying
An indigenous community in Northwest Colombia, subjected to aerial-spraying of illegal coca crops, is insisting that the government respect their rights, land and lives.‘The local Embera community has...
View ArticleCoca leaf: A political dilemma?
For centuries the coca leaf was a staple of Andean culture, widely prized for its medicinal qualities – especially in the alleviation of altitude sickness.But the 20th-century drugs epidemic and...
View ArticleThe effect of Bolivian elections on coca production
With Bolivian President Evo Morales running for a third term in 2014, the government will probably limit efforts to eradicate illegal coca fields in areas where Morales' political support is strong....
View ArticleDespite the big U.S. investment since 2002 to combat it, the country’s opium...
The United States is withdrawing troops from Afghanistan having lost its battle against the country’s narcotics industry, marking one of the starkest failures of the 2009 strategy the Obama...
View ArticleAfghanistan’s bumper opium harvest
The year before US and International Security Assistance Force troops are scheduled to withdraw from Afghanistan and as security arrangements going forward remain unclear, opium poppy cultivation has...
View ArticleShifts in cultivation, usage put Bolivia’s coca policy at the crossroads
The violence that erupted during a coca eradication campaign in Apolo, Bolivia, in October was sadly reminiscent of the violence and conflict that characterized the “zero coca” policies of previous...
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