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Auteur M. ROBERTS
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The first Beckley report, "Towards a review of global policies on controlled drugs", put forward the case for an objective and independent review of existing global frameworks for the control of illicit drugs. The overarching objective of curren[...]
The defining characteristic of Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs) is that they are legally sanctioned environments where people can take illegal drugs. Their purpose is to reduce drug-related harms. The underlying assumption is that if problem drug u[...]
Over the past three years Russia and Ukraine have experienced one of the fastest growing HIV pandemics in Europe. In contrast to other parts of the world, the main driver behind the rate of infection is injecting drug use. Recent government poli[...]
This report draws together the findings from the series of reports and briefing papers produced under the Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme in the last 18 months. It concludes that there are significant limitations in the achievements and[...]
The first two reports for the Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme (BFDPP) have raised questions about the effectiveness of current policies for the control of illegal drugs, both national and international. We now move on to examine the rea[...]
The Report explores the methodologies to measure drug-related harm developing since the early 1990s and the shift from evaluation focused on prevalence to a more sophisticated approach aimed at harm minimisation. The report highlighted methodolo[...]
On 29 January 2004, an amendment to the drug laws came into effect in the UK that moved cannabis and its derivatives from Class B to Class C under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, the primary drug control legislation in the UK. This is likely to re[...]
FRANÇAIS : Commentaires sur la politique britannique en matière de lutte contre la drogue dans le cadre de la campagne électorale 2005.
This Beckley Briefing Paper is concerned with the Thai war on drugs, which commenced in February 2003 in response to an explosion in methamphetamine use in this region of East Asia, and which has resulted in thousands of deaths and tens of thous[...]
S. PETTIGREW ; M. ROBERTS ; M. PESCUD ; K. CHAPMAN ; P. QUESTER ; C. MILLER | 2012
Dans Drug and Alcohol Review (Vol.31, n°6, September 2012) Article : PériodiqueIntroduction and Aims. Current alcohol guidelines in Australia recommend minimising alcohol consumption, especially among minors. This study investigated (i) the extent to which children and the general population are exposed to television adver[...]
This paper looks at changing approaches to the drug problem in Iran where there is growing recognition of the limits of an enforcement driven approach, and the importance of the medical and social dimensions of drug misuse. This has resulted in [...]
This first report from the Beckley Foundation Drug Policy programme (BFDPP) discusses the global drug control system - particularly the role of the United Nations - and the challenges confronting drug policy. It argues that the current system is[...]
Australia experienced extraordinary and unprecedented changes to its illicit drug market from the end of 2000. A heroin drought made the media headlines and grabbed the attention of drug policy specialists across the world. Less widely publicise[...]
Only a small minority of women prisoners have committed violent crimes. The most common offences are drug dealing and trafficking, property crime and prostitution. Repeatedly, women prisoners and ex-prisoners told Using Women that they got invol[...]
