New Possibilities for Change in International Drug Control

Key Problems of UNDCP Mismanagement

• Focus on law enforcement

• Re-evaluation of failed drug control policy is discarded

• Challenging views outside the agency are not taking into account Internal culture that punishes dissent and suffocates content debate inside the agency

Recommendations for Change

• Internal organisational reform that enables the agency to take up its role of stimulating debates from a position as 'centre of expertise' instead of source of propaganda

• Appointment of an Executive Director open to re-evaluate current failed drug control

• Bring the current emphasis on law enforcement into balance with health and development, also in terms of staffing

• Take into account best practices of harm reduction policies