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World Drug Report 2010 - Contents
Full report PDF, 14.6 MB [UNODC]
Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2009
One disturbing trend highlighted in the present report is the increasing abuse of pharmaceutical preparations containing substances under international control. In the United States of America, where the problem is well documented, the abuse of prescription medicines is more prevalent than the abuse of cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine - PDF [INCB]
Precursors and chemicals frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2009 on the Implementation of Article 12 of the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988 - PDF [INCB]
Narcotic Drugs Technical Report 2009
[INCB]
Psychotropic Substances Technical Report 2009
[INCB]
Trends in injecting drug use in Europe
This volume brings together data from a wide variety of sources as it describes Europe’s current drug injecting problem and plots its trends in recent years - PDF [EMCDDA]
Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency Annual Report for 2009 - 2010
More serious organised criminals arrested than ever before and the targeting of high-purity drug seizures overseas are highlighted - Full report [Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, UK]
Colombia - Coca cultivation survey 2009
16 MB PDF [UNODC]
Drug Use in Afghanistan: 2009 Survey
Executive summary [UNODC]
Clinical Guidelines for Withdrawal Management and Treatment of Drug Dependence in Closed Settings
These WHO guidelines are designed to assist staff of closed settings to provide safe and effective withdrawal management and treatment services for people who use drugs in the Western Pacific Region - PDF [WHO]
Drugs research: An overview of evidence and questions for policy
In 2001 the Joseph Rowntree Foundation embarked upon a programme of research that explored the problem of illicit drugs in the UK. The research addressed many questions that were often too sensitive for the government to tackle. In many cases, these studies represented the first research on these issues. This study gives an overview of the projects in the programme - Full Report [Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK]
World Drug Day - 26 June 2010
Calls for change around the world [SMMGP, UK]
Psychological therapies offered across the NHS
Psychological therapies will continue to be rolled out across the NHS in the coming year Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced [DoH, UK]
Links between executions and foreign funding of counter-drug operation
IHRA's Senior Human Rights Analyst Damon Barrett appeared on Radio Australia to discuss the organisation’s latest report, ‘Complicity or Abolition? – The Death Penalty and International Support for Drug Enforcement’ [IHRA]
IHRA launches 'Complicity or Abolition? The Death Penalty and International Support for Drug Enforcement' report
The report notes that such operations continue to be funded without appropriate safeguards despite the fact that the abolition of the death penalty is a requirement of entry into the Council of Europe and the European Union and that the United Nations advocates strongly against capital punishment 2.7 MB PDF [IHRA]
Is it time for a supervised injecting facility for Melbourne?
Research conducted by the Burnet Institute and commissioned by the Yarra Drug & Health Forum in Collingwood provides clear evidence of the public health benefits of establishing a supervised injecting facility in Melbourne - Report PDF [Burnet Institute, Australia]