UN Drug Control https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:11:45 +0000 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management en-gb Willful Blindness: 
INCB can find nothing good to say on cannabis legalisation https://undrugcontrol.info/en/item/10750-willful-blindness-incb-can-find-nothing-good-to-say-on-cannabis-legalisation https://undrugcontrol.info/en/item/10750-willful-blindness-incb-can-find-nothing-good-to-say-on-cannabis-legalisation UN Drug Control Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:59:41 +0000 Rescheduling cannabis at the UN level https://undrugcontrol.info/en/item/9948-rescheduling-cannabis-at-the-un-level https://undrugcontrol.info/en/item/9948-rescheduling-cannabis-at-the-un-level UN Drug Control Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:01:23 +0000 Cannabis rescheduling https://undrugcontrol.info/en/publications/item/9799-cannabis-rescheduling https://undrugcontrol.info/en/publications/item/9799-cannabis-rescheduling Cannabis rescheduling

In January 2019 the World Health Organization issued a collection of formal recommendations to reschedule cannabis and cannabis-related substances, these present an opportunity for African government ...

]]> UN Drug Control Thu, 25 Jun 2020 14:32:19 +0000 UN Common Position on drug policy https://undrugcontrol.info/en/publications/item/9484-un-common-position-on-drug-policy https://undrugcontrol.info/en/publications/item/9484-un-common-position-on-drug-policy UN Common Position on drug policy

In November 2018, the UN System CEB adopted the ‘UN system common position supporting the implementation of the international drug control policy through effective inter-agency collaboration’, expres ...

]]> UN Drug Control Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:44:28 +0000 Regulating Drugs: Resolving Conflicts with the UN Drug Control Treaty System https://undrugcontrol.info/en/publications/item/9478-regulating-drugs-resolving-conflicts-with-the-un-drug-control-treaty-system https://undrugcontrol.info/en/publications/item/9478-regulating-drugs-resolving-conflicts-with-the-un-drug-control-treaty-system Regulating Drugs: Resolving Conflicts with the UN Drug Control Treaty System

There are good reasons to legally regulate drugs markets, rather than persist with efforts to ban all non-medical uses of psychoactive substances. Regulated cannabis and coca markets are already a re ...

]]> UN Drug Control Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:06:42 +0000 The WHO’s First-Ever Critical Review of Cannabis https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/item/8986-the-who-s-first-ever-critical-review-of-cannabis https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/item/8986-the-who-s-first-ever-critical-review-of-cannabis UN Drug Control Sat, 16 Mar 2019 14:46:08 +0000 The UN Chief Executives Board unanimously endorses decriminalisation of people who use drugs https://undrugcontrol.info/en/weblog/item/9064-the-un-chief-executives-board-unanimously-endorses-decriminalisation-of-people-who-use-drugs https://undrugcontrol.info/en/weblog/item/9064-the-un-chief-executives-board-unanimously-endorses-decriminalisation-of-people-who-use-drugs UN Drug Control Wed, 01 May 2019 11:53:18 +0000 Taking stock: A decade of drug policy https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/item/8699-taking-stock-a-decade-of-drug-policy https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/item/8699-taking-stock-a-decade-of-drug-policy Taking stock: A decade of drug policy

‘Taking stock: A decade of drug policy’ evaluates the impacts of drug policies implemented across the world over the past decade, using data from the United Nations (UN), complemented with peer-revie ...

]]> UN Drug Control Mon, 22 Oct 2018 08:47:25 +0000 What comes next? https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/item/8130-what-comes-next-post-ungass-options-for-2019 https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/item/8130-what-comes-next-post-ungass-options-for-2019 What comes next?

The 2016 UNGASS on drugs was hailed as an opportunity ‘to conduct a wide-ranging and open debate that considers all options’. Although the UNGASS process had some challenges, it was nonetheless a cri ...

]]> UN Drug Control Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:01:02 +0000 Edging forward https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/item/7866-edging-forward https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/item/7866-edging-forward Edging forward

Diplomatic processes at the United Nations are notoriously slow and difficult, perhaps increasingly so in a modern world of multi-polar geopolitics and tensions. This is certainly no different for th ...

]]> UN Drug Control Mon, 02 Oct 2017 08:12:18 +0000 International cooperation against the world drug problem https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/item/8188-international-cooperation-against-the-world-drug-problem https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/item/8188-international-cooperation-against-the-world-drug-problem International cooperation against the world drug problem

This report prepared by the UN Secretary-General for the 72nd Session of the General Assembly provides an overview of the global situation on drugs, and crucially highlights cross-UN efforts to imple ...

]]> UN Drug Control Wed, 07 Feb 2018 13:24:00 +0000 WHO and UNDP change in leadership: What views on drug policy and harm reduction? https://undrugcontrol.info/en/weblog/item/7602-who-and-undp-change-in-leadership-what-views-on-drug-policy-and-harm-reduction https://undrugcontrol.info/en/weblog/item/7602-who-and-undp-change-in-leadership-what-views-on-drug-policy-and-harm-reduction UN Drug Control Thu, 04 May 2017 16:29:39 +0000 What comes next? https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/ungass/item/7440-what-comes-next https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/ungass/item/7440-what-comes-next What comes next?

The 2016 UNGASS on drugs was hailed as an opportunity ‘to conduct a wide-ranging and open debate that considers all options’. Although the UNGASS fell short of expectations, it was nonetheless a crit ...

]]> UN Drug Control Wed, 08 Mar 2017 18:34:09 +0000 What comes next? https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/ungass/item/7282-what-comes-next-post-ungass-options-for-20192020 https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/ungass/item/7282-what-comes-next-post-ungass-options-for-20192020 What comes next?

The UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs – held in New York in April 2016 – was hailed as an opportunity for the international community ‘to conduct a wide-ranging and open debate th ...

]]> UN Drug Control Wed, 30 Nov 2016 12:20:26 +0000 UNGASS 2016: A Broken or B-r-o-a-d Consensus? https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/ungass/item/7027-ungass-2016-a-broken-or-b-r-o-a-d-consensus https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/ungass/item/7027-ungass-2016-a-broken-or-b-r-o-a-d-consensus UNGASS 2016: A Broken or B-r-o-a-d Consensus?

A special session of the General Assembly took place in April revealing a growing divergence in the global drug policy landscape. Difficult negotiations resulted in a disappointing outcome document, ...

]]> UN Drug Control Tue, 05 Jul 2016 12:45:23 +0000 UNGASS 2016: Prospects for Treaty Reform and UN System-Wide Coherence on Drug Policy https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/conventions/item/6890-ungass-2016-prospects-for-treaty-reform-and-un-system-wide-coherence-on-drug-policy_6890 https://undrugcontrol.info/en/un-drug-control/conventions/item/6890-ungass-2016-prospects-for-treaty-reform-and-un-system-wide-coherence-on-drug-policy_6890 UNGASS 2016: Prospects for Treaty Reform and UN System-Wide Coherence on Drug Policy

This paper explores key lessons from the 1990 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Drug Abuse (UNGASS 1990) and the 1998 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on ...

]]> UN Drug Control Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:11:09 +0000 New UN think-tank report: What comes after the War on Drugs? https://undrugcontrol.info/en/newsroom/latest-news/item/6612-new-un-think-tank-report-what-comes-after-the-war-on-drugs https://undrugcontrol.info/en/newsroom/latest-news/item/6612-new-un-think-tank-report-what-comes-after-the-war-on-drugs UN Drug Control Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:13:45 +0000 UN attempt to decriminalise drugs foiled https://undrugcontrol.info/en/newsroom/latest-news/item/6579-un-attempt-to-decriminalise-drugs-foiled https://undrugcontrol.info/en/newsroom/latest-news/item/6579-un-attempt-to-decriminalise-drugs-foiled UN Drug Control Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:58:36 +0000 UN poised to call for decriminalisation of drugs, says Richard Branson https://undrugcontrol.info/en/newsroom/latest-news/item/6578-un-poised-to-call-for-decriminalisation-of-drugs-says-richard-branson https://undrugcontrol.info/en/newsroom/latest-news/item/6578-un-poised-to-call-for-decriminalisation-of-drugs-says-richard-branson UN Drug Control Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:13:18 +0000 UNGASS 2016: Prospects for Treaty Reform and UN System-Wide Coherence on Drug Policy https://undrugcontrol.info/en/publications/item/6260-ungass-2016-prospects-for-treaty-reform-and-un-system-wide-coherence-on-drug-policy https://undrugcontrol.info/en/publications/item/6260-ungass-2016-prospects-for-treaty-reform-and-un-system-wide-coherence-on-drug-policy UNGASS 2016: Prospects for Treaty Reform and UN System-Wide Coherence on Drug Policy

This paper explores key lessons from the 1990 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Drug Abuse (UNGASS 1990) and the 1998 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on ...

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