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Drug policy reform is breaking through at the international level [25-03-13] Change is in the air ... But the pace could be quickened a bit. While the international policymaking body on drugs has long been stuck in neutral, th...
Statement at the 2013 Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) [15-03-13] Ann Fordham of the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) delivered the NGO Statement to CND Plenary under Item 8: Preparations for the high-leve...
Cannabis and the 1961 Convention [12-03-13] Over the past years, there have been some soft and hard defections on cannabis control. It is now time to discuss alternatives that are based on fac...
An ugly truth in the war on drugs [11-03-13] This week, representatives from many nations will gather at the annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna to determi...
The 2012 Commission on Narcotic Drugs [30-04-12] The year 2012 marks the centenary of the international drug control system and the first instance of a state being moved to denounce formally any of t...
100 years of global drug control [28-03-12] This year the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first international opium convention. What the UN drug czar s...
The Future of the Conventions [14-03-12] The year 2012 is particularly fitting to discuss the future of the UN drug control conventions as it marks the 100th anniversary of the first fully-...
The 2011 Commission on Narcotic Drugs [25-03-11] The 54th Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was the first for the new Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Mr....
The 2010 Commission on Narcotic Drugs [30-04-10] The 53rd Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was a rather uneventful event. After the High Level Segment in 2009, the final agreement on the new Politi...
The 2009 Commission on Narcotic Drugs [09-04-09] The 2009 Commission on Narcotic Drugs and its High Level Segment (HLS) marked the end of the 2-year process of the 10-year review of the 1998 United N...
Vienna Consensus on Drug Policy Cracks [07-04-09] A clear divide in drug control approaches became apparent at the end of the High Level Segment of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on March 11-1...
Round Table on Alternative Development [15-03-09] The last of the four ‘round tables’ of the high-level segment of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs was devoted to the broad issue of Countering illicit...
"Let Me Chew My Coca Leaves" [15-03-09] The first day at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs was marked by the announcement of President Evo Morales of Bolivia that he would start the process t...
Global Illicit Drug Markets 1998-2007 [15-03-09] This report commissioned by the European Commission, found no evidence that the global drug problem has been reduced during the period from 1998 to 20...
Out of ideas and out of touch [09-03-09] As political leaders from around the world gather in Vienna on 11-12 March to review the last decade of international drug control, and set a framew...
Que la JIFE se ponga a tono con los años que corren [27-02-09] El debate sobre las drogas ha tomado recientemente un giro muy interesante. La Comisión Latinoamericana sobre Drogas y Democracia –de la cual hacen ...
Italy breaks ranks [19-02-09] Marco Perduca and Donatella Poretti, senators of the Radical Party have asked the Italian under-secretary on drug issues, Carlo Giovanardi, if it is t...
UN System-Wide Coherence [16-02-09] The Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, wrote a letter to the delegates negotiating the Political Declaration for the 52nd session of the UN...
Global Fund supports Harm Reduction [09-02-09] The Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Michel Kazatchkine, urged the president of the UN Commission on Na...
Dutch Remain Firm on Harm Reduction [02-02-09] “We will be aiming for no less than securing the inclusion of harm reduction in the political declaration by which member states determine internation...
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Where strict bans on khat have been introduced they have had severe unintended negative consequences and failed to further the integration, social incusion and economic prosperity of Somali communities in particular, which chew khat most widely.

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