UN Drug Control
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Bolivia wins a rightful victory on the coca leaf
Today the Plurinational State of Bolivia can celebrate a rightful victory, as the country can become formally a party again to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, without being bound by its unjust and unrealistic requirement that “coca leaf chewing must be abolished.”
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Informal Drug Policy Dialogue 2011, Lisbon
Policy makers, practitioners, academics, and representatives from NGOs and governmental organisations met in Lisbon, and discussed the Portuguese decriminalisation model, cannabis policy reform, and the agenda and global initiatives at the 54th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
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Objections to Bolivia's reservation to allow coca chewing in the UN conventions
Sweden joined the United States and the United Kingdom in objecting to the re-accession of Bolivia to the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Italy and Canada also objected, but the objection of Sweden is particularly disturbing.
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Coca leaf: Myths and Reality
Many myths surround coca. Every day press accounts around the world use the word coca in their headlines, when they refer in fact to cocaine. TNI's Drugs and Democracy Team expose the myths and reality surrounding the coca leaf.
Articles
Bolivia wins a rightful victory on the coca leaf
Today the Plurinational State of Bolivia can celebrate a rightful victory, as the country can become formally a party again to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, without being bound by its unjust and unrealistic requirement that “coca...
Objections to Bolivia's reservation to allow coca chewing in the UN conventions
Sweden joined the United States and the United Kingdom in objecting to the re-accession of Bolivia to the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Italy and Canada also objected, but the objection of Sweden is particularly disturbing.
Cannabis regulation in Uruguay
Uruguay may be poised to become the first country to opt for a state controlled and legally regulated cannabis market for...
Immediate release for Martin Barriuso and his two fellow activists
The arrest of Barriuso and two fellow activists of Pannagh is uncalled for. They should be released immediately.
The urgent next steps in ATS and Harm reduction
Now is the time to implement low cost and simple harm reduction measures for amphetamine-type stimulant users.
Treaty guardians in distress
The guardian of the UN drug control treaties has proved unable to respond in a rational manner to the need for radical reform of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
Global Commission on Drug Policy Chair Responds to Release of UN’s 2011 World Drug Report
The Global Commission on Drug Policy calls on the UN to break the taboo on vigorous debate about alternatives to the failed war on drugs.
Global Commission on Drugs Policy calls for an end to the War on Drugs
The Global Commission on Drug Policy report that calls for an end to the "war on drugs" draws on TNI's research and supports many of the recommendations TNI
has been promoting over the years.
Drugged out
Even after proven to be uneffective, drug policies in South East Asia are still focussed on window dressing and not actually solving problems.
Bolivia Steps Up Campaign at U.N. to Legalise Coca Leaf
Is coca a dangerous drug that should be tightly regulated, or an essential part of Andean indigenous people's cultural and medicinal heritage? Or perhaps both?
Publications
Fact Sheet: Coca leaf and the UN Drugs Conventions
10 Facts about the Coca leaf and the UN Drugs Conventions
Towards revision of the UN drug control conventions
Recent years have seen a growing unwillingness among increasing numbers of States parties to fully adhere to a strictly prohibitionist reading of the three principal UN drug control conventions.
The Limits of Latitude
A growing number of nations are developing policies that shift away from the prohibition-oriented failed approach to drugs control. Ultimately however nations will need to reform the overall UN based global drug control framework of which...
Fifty Years of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs: A Reinterpretation
Fifty years after its entering into force, it is time for a critical reflection on the validity of the Single Convention today: a reinterpretation of its historical significance and an assessment of its aims, its strengths and its weaknesses.
Lifting the ban on coca chewing
This briefing paper analyses the reasons behind Bolivia’s proposal to remove from the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs the obligation to abolish the practice of coca chewing and the opposing arguments that have been brought forward.
Coca leaf: Myths and Reality
Many myths surround coca. Every day press accounts around the world use the word coca in their headlines, when they refer in fact to cocaine. TNI's Drugs and Democracy Team expose the myths and reality surrounding the coca leaf.
The development of international drug control
The emergence of more pragmatic and less punitive approaches to the drugs issue may represent the beginning of change in the current global drug control regime.
Informal Drug Policy Dialogue 2011, Lisbon
Policy makers, practitioners, academics, and representatives from NGOs and governmental organisations met in Lisbon, and discussed the Portuguese decriminalisation model, cannabis policy reform, and the agenda and global initiatives at the...
The Statistics Bazaar
The drugs scene in Colombia is characterized by the fact that it is dominated by a confusion of insufficiently supported statistics and speculative diagnoses which produce policies that reflect this chaos.
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10 years review
This report summarises the lessons of TNI's 10 years of work in the field of international drug policy, emphasising drug controls that respect human rights: the rights of farmers caught in the illicit economy to a life in dignity;...
