Collapse of the global order on drugs : from UNGASS 2016 to Review 2019
The 2016 UNGASS on drug policy resulted in an Outcome Document detailing profound differences of opinion and practice between different states polarising public health and human rights themes. This book examines the different positions, the underlying problems, and the options open for the next international gathering on drugs
eBook, English, 2018
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Emerald Publishing, United Kingdom, 2018
Conference papers and proceedings
xx, 304 pages ; 24 cm.
9781787564886, 9781787564879, 1787564886, 1787564878
1034570925
Foreword; Michel Kazatchkine Introduction; Axel Klein and Blaine Stothard Chapter 1. The 2016 UNGASS on Drugs: A Catalyst for the Drug Policy Reform Movement; Ann Fordham Fordham and Heather Haase Chapter 2. The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Pulling Back the Curtain to Expose a Flawed Regime; Gen Sander and Rick Lines Chapter 3. Measuring the ‘World Drug Problem’: 2019 and Beyond; David R. Bewley-Taylor and Marie NougierChapter 4. Improving Access to Internationally Controlled Essential Medicines in the Post-UNGASS, Agenda 2030 Framework; Katherine Irene Pettus Chapter 5. The Elephant in the Room: Cannabis in the International Drug Control Regime; Tom Blickman Chapter 6. Drug Policy in the Russian Federation: Do Control Policies Produce More Harm Than Drugs?; Mikhail Golichenko, Anya Sarang, Khalid Tinasti and Isabela Barbosa Chapter 7. Consensus and Contradictions in ASEAN: An Analysis of Southeast Asia at and After UNGASS 2016; Ricky Gunawan and Gloria Lai Chapter 8. Deconstructing the Islamic Bloc: The Middle East and North Africa and Pluralistic Drugs Policy; Maziyar Ghiabi Chapter 9. Breaking Ranks: Pioneering Drug Policy Protagonism in Uruguay and Bolivia; Jonas von HoffmannChapter 10. The Netherlands, Portugal and the Czech Republic: Political Perceptions and Legal Realities; Danilo Ballotta and Brendan Hughes Chapter 11. The European Union in Panglossian Stagnation; Caroline Chatwin Chapter 12. United States Drug Policy: Flexible Prohibition and Regulation; Zara Snapp and Jorge Herrera Valderrábano Chapter 13. West Africa; Leandre Banon and Maria-Goretti Loglo Chapter 14. Switzerland: Moving Towards Public Health and Harm Reduction; Frank Zobel and Larissa J. MaierChapter 15. Epilogue; Mike Trace