Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 17 Issue 2
Table of contents - Special Issue: After UNGASS (UN General Assembly special session on drugs, 2016)
Guest Editors: Blaine Stothard, Axel Klein
Reflection on the UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs – one year on
Steve RollesThe purpose of this paper is to show a reflection of one year on how the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) event was unfolded and its impacts and longer term…
After UNGASS – where do governments go from here?
Mike TraceThe purpose of this paper is to indicate the outcomes, implications and possibilities for responses arising from the April 2016 UNGASS meeting and statement and to identify areas…
Losing UNGASS? Lessons from civil society, past and present
John CollinsThe purpose of this paper is to examine the role of civil society in the recent history of drug policy reform. It focuses on the UN drug control system, which is designed to…
Refocusing metrics: can the sustainable development goals help break the “metrics trap” and modernise international drug control policy?
David R. Bewley-TaylorThe purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which the dominant metrics currently used to measure the success of the UN based global drug prohibition regime are in many…
International drug policy – health before politics
Chris Ford, Sebastian SavilleThe purpose of this paper is to explain how international drug policy continues to have a hugely damaging effect on population health, human rights and wellbeing, not only on…
The influence of global players on the drug control system: an analysis of the role of the Russian Federation
Khalid Tinasti, Isabela BarbosaThe negotiations leading to the UN Special Session (UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs (UNGASS)) on drugs have highlighted the lack of consensus among the global…
A turning point for UK drug policy: opportunity or stasis
Blaine StothardThe purpose of this paper is to explore the current policy stasis in UK drug policy.
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1745-9265Renamed to:
Drugs, Habits and Social PolicyOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedEditors:
- Dr Axel Klein
- Mr Blaine Stothard
- Dr Aysel Sultan