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Tom Blickman Senior Project Officer

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Tom Blickman is a Senior Project Officer at the Transnational Institute (TNI), based in Amsterdam. 

Tom Blickman

Since 1997, he has been working for TNI's Drugs & Democracy Programme, specializing in international drug control policy and the UN conventions, drug markets, alternative development, money laundering and organised crime. Tom is a regular speaker at international policy conferences and advises on developments in the drugs field. He is co-editor of the TNI Drug Policy Briefing series.

 

Latest work

  • Ceguera deliberada: La JIFE no encuentra nada bueno que decir sobre legalización 
del cannabis Respuesta al informe anual de la Junta Internacional de Fiscalización de Estupefacientes

    • Control de drogas de la ONU
    • Regulación de drogas
    • Planta de cannabis
    • Reforma de las leyes de drogas

    En su Informe correspondiente a 2022, la Junta Internacional de Fiscalización de Estupefacientes (JIFE), el “órgano independiente y cuasi judicial constituido por expertos”1 que supervisa la aplicación de los tratados de fiscalización de drogas de la ONU, se centra en la legalización del cannabis. Cada año, en el primer capítulo de su informe anual, la Junta aborda una cuestión específica que considera importante para los debates sobre políticas de drogas y el funcionamiento del sistema internacional de fiscalización de estupefacientes. Este año se centra en la legalización del cannabis, porque, como muchos han observado, una década después de que el primer Estado regulara legalmente el cannabis recreativo para adultos, “un número creciente de Estados ha adoptado políticas que permiten el consumo de cannabis con fines no médicos ni científicos”.

    Article by
    • Tom Blickman
    • Martin Jelsma
    • John Walsh
    • David Bewley-Taylor

  • Willful Blindness: INCB Can Find Nothing Good to Say on Cannabis Legalisation

    • UN Drug Control
    • Drugs Regulation
    • Cannabis
    • Drug Law Reform

    A response to the annual report of the International Narcotics Control Board In its report for 2022, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the “independent, quasi-judicial expert body”1 that monitors the implementation of the UN drug control conventions, focuses on the legalisation of cannabis. Each year, in the first chapter of its annual report, the Board addresses a specific issue it deems important for drug policy discussions and the functioning of the international drug control system. This year, cannabis legalisation is the focus, because as many have noticed, a decade after the first state legally regulated adult recreational cannabis “a growing number of States have adopted policies that permit the use of cannabis for non-medical and non-scientific purposes”.

    Article by
    • Tom Blickman
    • Martin Jelsma
    • John Walsh
    • David Bewley-Taylor

  • Un avenir durable pour les producteurs de cannabis Opportunités de «développement alternatif» pour le marché du cannabis légal

    • Producers of Crops
    • Cannabis
    • Alternative Development
    Cover image

    Ce rapport affirme que pour orienter les marchés de cannabis légal vers une voie plus durable et plus équitable basée sur des principes de transfert de pouvoir aux communautés, de justice sociale, de commerce (plus) équitable et de développement durable, il est nécessaire de réduire les barrières des petits producteurs tout en augmentant celles des grandes entreprises.

    Report by
    • Martin Jelsma
    • Tom Blickman
    • Sylvia Kay
    • Pien Metaal
    • Nicolás Martínez Rivera
    • Dania Putri
See all work by Tom Blickman

Key documents

  • Cannabis policy reform in Europe Bottom up rather than top down

    • UN Drug Control
    • Drug Law Reform
    • Cannabis
    • Drugs Scheduling
    • Decriminalisation
    Policy briefing by
    Tom Blickman

  • Morocco and Cannabis Reduction, containment or acceptance

    • Cannabis
    • Alternative Development
    Policy briefing by
    Tom Blickman

  • The Ecstasy Industry Exploring the Global Market

    Coca Leaf
    Publication by
    Tom Blickman

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