Global Drug Policy Observatory

23/02/2024

IDPC, Viso Mutop and GDPO explore the report's discussion of buoyant drug markets and UNODC's stance on key issues like decriminalisation, human rights and environmental impact, noting the growing influence of green criminology and its potential to reshape perspectives.

23/02/2024

22/06/2022

👉Latest GDPO Publication by Luca Trenta & Jochen Kleinschmidt : Remote warfare in the ‘backyard’:
the US government, counternarcotics,
and remote warfare in Latin America.
Read it here:https://www.swansea.ac.uk/media/Policy-Report-8.pdf

27/01/2022

Check out new GDPO and partners Policy Brief, Scanning the Horizon: Drones and Counter-narcotics in Latin America, by Jochen Kleinschmidt and Luca Trenta. First in a series of three from the Drugs and Conflict Project
https://www.swansea.ac.uk/gdpo/projectpages/drugsandconflict/

16/11/2021

New GDPO blog by on “The disposable foot soldiers of crime” – Media, County Lines and Moral Panics. Check it out: https://gdpo.swan.ac.uk/?p=644

09/11/2021

https://www.channel4.com/news/new-global-index-ranks-countries-efforts-to-tackle-drug-use

A new consortium of drug policy, civil society and community organisations has developed a data index which ranks countries according to how well they're dealing with the problem

09/11/2021

The Global Drug Policy Index (GDPI): A bold new approach to improve policies, harm reduction funding, and the lives of people who use drugs.

💻 Visit the Index:

Meet the Global Drug Policy Index A unique tool that documents, measures and compares national drug policies The Global Drug Policy Index provides each country with a score and ranking that shows how much their drug policies and their implementation align with the UN principles of human rights, heal...

09/11/2021

A “radically innovative” new analysis of global drug policies has laid bare the full impact repressive drug laws and their implementation have on millions of people worldwide, civil society groups behind its creation have said. The inaugural Global Drug Policy Index (GDPI) www.globaldrugpolicyin...

03/11/2021

New GDPO blog by Temitope Salami: Proposing a Harm Reduction Framework for Youth Drug Use in Nigeria: A Research Inspired Commentary.

Proposing a Harm Reduction Framework for Youth Drug Use in Nigeria: A Research Inspired Commentary Temitope SalamiDrugs is a hotly debated subject that attracts the attention of policymakers, especially regarding the perceived effects drug use has on society. But, following scientific research and t...

25/10/2021

Our latest Policy Brief by is now published- Between Prohibition & Regulation: Narrative Analysis of Cannabis Policy Debate in Africa. Read it here:https://swansea.ac.uk/media/Policy-brief-17.pdf

21/10/2021

We are holding a webinar on 27 October from 1-2pm on the topic Drug Policy and Children's Rights. Speakers are Damon Barrett of the University of Gothenburg, author of ‘Child Rights and Drug Control in International Law’ and Angharad Williams/Jamie Harris of Choices (Swansea), a young person’s drugs and harm reduction service. Sponsored by the School of Social Science, the Observatory on Human Rights of Children and the Global Drug Policy Observatory. Please feel free to circulate this link to others.

Drug Policy and Children's Rights

18/08/2021

Christopher Hallam reviews ‘Drug Smuggler Nation: Narcotics and the Netherlands, 1920-1995.’ by Stephen Snelders https://gdpo.swan.ac.uk/?p=627v