UNODC

Illegal drug market is booming, says UN watchdog

Mon, 10 Jul 2017 12:31:38 +0000

The world’s illicit drug economy is “thriving” owing to large increases in the production of heroin and cocaine and a wider spectrum of synthetic substances on the market, the UN’s drugs watchdog sai ...

Is the global cocaine trade in decline?

Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:14:14 +0000

The latest United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2016 World Drug Report presents a long-term analysis of cocaine production, seizures and consumption that comes to a startling conclusion: ...

The truth behind the UNODC's leaked decriminalisation paper

Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:05:53 +0000

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime has responded to the 'leak' of its paper calling for the decriminalisation of drug possession for personal use. The document was to be presented by the UNODC at the I ...

UN attempt to decriminalise drugs foiled

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:58:36 +0000

A paper from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has been withdrawn after pressure from at least one country. The document, which was leaked, recommends to consider "decriminalising drug and pos ...

UN poised to call for decriminalisation of drugs, says Richard Branson

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:13:18 +0000

The United Nations is on the verge of issuing a call for all governments to decriminalise the possession and use of all drugs, according to businessman and global drugs campaigner Richard Branson. In ...

UNODC’s shifting position on drug policy: Progress and challenges

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:34:33 +0000

In March 2014, country delegations will gather at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to review progress and challenges in international drug control since the agreement of a Politi ...

UNODC Executive Director releases "contributions" ahead of CND High-Level Segment on drugs

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:12:16 +0000

Ahead of the High-Level Segment on the world drug problem to take place on 13th and 14th January 2014, the UNODC Executive Director, Yuri Fedotov, has released his "contributions" to the debate. This ...

IDPC Response to the UNODC World Drug Report 2013

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 09:57:20 +0000

As is now to be expected, the World Drug Report 2013 represents an impressive and wide-ranging set of data, analysis and policy prescription, and provides an overview of recent trends and the current ...

IDPC response to the UNODC World Drug Report 2012

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:23:12 +0000

This IDPC response to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)’s flagship publication, the World Drug Report, provides an overview of the data and topics presented in the Report and where ...

The Alternative World Drug Report

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:21:07 +0000

The Alternative World Drug Report, launched to coincide with publication of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s 2012 World Drug Report, exposes the failure of governments and the UN to assess the extr ...

IDPC response to the UNODC 2011 World Drug Report

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:48:54 +0000

The 2010 World Drug Report

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:49:03 +0000

The aim of this review is to provide an overview and analysis of the contents of the 2010 UNODC World Drug Report and highlight a number of key issues of interest and concern. The authors begin with ...

The 2009 World Drug Report

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:39:40 +0000

The World Drug Report 2009 was the first publication of note to come from the UNODC since the High Level Segment of the 52nd session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. As such, it was eagerly antic ...

IDPC Response to the UNODC 2008 World Drug Report

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:19:45 +0000

In this response to the UNODC's World Drug Report 2008, the IDPC continues to support the concept of the Office acting in a capacity as a 'centre of expertise' that collates data, analysis and inform ...

UNODC rewrites history to hide failure

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:00:00 +0000

In the new 2008 World Drug Report the UNODC is trying to hide failures behind a bad history lesson. Instead of a clear acknowledgement that the 10-year UNGASS targets have not been met – on the contr ...

Rewriting history

Sat, 11 Mar 2017 17:37:09 +0000

The world today is not any closer to achieving the ten-year targets set by the 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs. These goals were “eliminating or significantly reducing the ...

The World Drug Report 2007

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:39:12 +0000

This IDPC Briefing reviews the data in the latest report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime on the state of the global market, criticises the claims made in the report that international action is ...

The 2006 World Drug Report: winning the war on drugs?

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:29:56 +0000

This briefing paper looks at the issues raised by the publication in June of the latest World Drug Report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The briefing paper analyses the developing d ...

International Drug Control: 100 Years of Success?

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:57:48 +0000

In its 2006 World Drug Report, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) struggles to construct success stories to convince the world that the global drug control regime has been an effective instrume ...

A cannabis pandemic?

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:00:00 +0000