Drugs Policies

TNI has been working for a radical reform of international drugs policies since 1998 and runs an internationally respected Drugs and Democracy Programme. TNI's call for a new paradigm to tackle drug abuse based on harm reduction, effective alternative development programmes, revision of International Drug Control conventions and full respect for human rights has gained increasing support from civil society, governments and international institutions.

The Sierra de la Macarena

September 2006
Nr. 19 - 
Drugs and Democracy

Re-establishing fumigation is not going to legitimise or win acceptance of the State's activities in the territory of the Park. It is not going to protect the Park from the environmental deterioration generated by the critical interventions of social and military actors in the war. It is also not going to really affect the FARC's "bankroll". What it will do is create well-fertilised territory for the prolonging of the armed conflict.

United Nations Drug Control Overview

July 2006
TNI

Overview and links on UN drug control.

Bolivia's Reservations to the 1988 Convention

July 2006
Drugs and Democracy

Bolivia's Reservations to the 1988 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.

International drug control: 100 years of success?

June 2006
Nr. 18 - 
Drugs and Democracy

In its 2006 World Drug Report, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) struggles to construct success stories to convince the world that the global drug control regime has been an effective instrument.

The UNGASS Evaluation Process Evaluated

June 2006
Tom Blickman
Dave Bewley-Taylor

This briefing describes the fortunes of the draft resolution tabled by the EU to guide the process of evaluation of the implementation of political declaration and action plans of the 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) in 2008.

Coca Yes, Cocaine No?

May 2006
Nr. 13 - 
Martin Jelsma
Pien Metaal
Ricardo Soberon
Mario Argandoña, Anthony Henman, Ximena Echeverría

This issue of Drugs and Conflict explains the motives, context and range of the demand to remove the coca leaf from strict international drugs controls, as well as the procedures that need to be followed to reach this objective.

Coca Yes, Cocaine No? Legal Options for the Coca Leaf

May 2006
TNI

An Agenda for Vienna: Italy presentation

May 2006
Martin Jelsma

Seminar "From Venezia to Vienna. For a Pragmatic and Effective Alternative to the War on Drugs", Forum Droghe, Venice, 28/29 March 2003

HIV/AIDS and Drug Use in Burma/Myanmar

May 2006
Nr. 17 - 
Drugs and Democracy
Burma Centrum Nederland

The increasing number of injecting drug users (IDUs) and the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Burma presents one of the most serious health threats to the population in the country, and also to the region at large. Infection rates among IDUs in Burma are among the highest in the world. The international community needs to make a firm commitment to stem the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Burma and should ensure sufficient and long-term financial support for HIV/AIDS and harm reduction programmes.


Political Challenges Posed by the Failure of Prohibition

May 2006
Nr. 16 - 
Ricardo Vargas

After a slight dip in coca production during 2003 and 2004, the Andean region has returned to the historical average of 200,000 hectares of coca crops.