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      AddictionHistory of Public HealthSocial HistorySubstance Abuse Treatment
Abstract Introduction: The engagement of drug consumers in deliberation about drug policy is increasingly recognised as important in the development of evidence based drug policy (Lancaster et al, 2015, 2013).. Drug policy is complex... more
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      SociologyExpert evidencePublic EngagementIllicit Drug Policy
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      PsychologyIllicit Drug PolicyPublic health systems and services researchIllicit Drug Use
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      Health BehaviorInternet research methodsAustraliaAdolescent
Why is support for marijuana legalization among African Americans notably modest given that such a policy would drastically reduce the number of African Americans arrested annually for nonviolent drug offenses? In this article I assess... more
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      SociologyCriminologyPsychologySocial Psychology
Controlling the availability of illicit drugs and their use is an exemplar of a wicked problem. Reducing the scale of the illicit drugs market through suppressing supply has proven extremely difficult. A recent systematic review of... more
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      Research Methods and MethodologyEvaluationIllicit Drug Policy
Una secuela del estudio presentado en el IEA World Congress de 1998 y entregado en Davos al presidente Clinton, motivándo el Plan Colombia. Reveló que en contravía del mito y al borde de un estado fallido, Colombia era muchísimo mas que... more
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      Colombian HistoryIllicit Drug Policy
The aging of the Baby Boom presents long-term care with many new challenges. Among these are the historically high levels of drug use by this cohort. This study surveyed administrators of licensed skilled nursing facilities in the... more
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      GerontologyLong Term CareDrug abuse and addictionSocial Gerontology
Background: Cannabis social clubs (CSCs) in Spain are non-profit organisations that connect regular adult cannabis users. One of their functions is to supply cannabis to the closed circuit of members. The CSCs do not breach any... more
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      Harm ReductionCannabisIllicit Drug PolicyCannabis Social Club
This article analyzes the effects of drug trafficking on the Colombian economy and concludes that its overall impact has been negative. It questions the idea, commonly held in Colombia, that this phenomenon has had mixed social and... more
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The purpose of this research is to identify the positive and negative mental perceptions of AUP Academy students concerning the current government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign when it comes to their security and whether the students were... more
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      Drug PolicyWar on DrugsIllicit Drug PolicyGovernment Complicity In the War on Drugs
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      Drugs and drug cultureMexicoIllicit Drug Policy
Sydney’s Medically Supervised Injecting Centre in Kings Cross has been a major national and global example of successful harm reduction in relation to illicit drug use ever since it opened its doors 18 years ago. However, since then... more
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      Drug UseInjecting Drug UseOpioidsSafer Injecting, Harm Reduction Practice, Peer Workers
The purpose of this paper is to provide analytical background on the origin, implementation and impacts of the Philippines’‘war on drugs’, with particular reference to the illicit economy for methamphetamine. It aims to outline, over the... more
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      Human RightsPhilippinesPolitical CorruptionWar on Drugs
The passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 evidences a shift in federal legislative support from criminal justice oriented legislative alternatives to more health oriented legislative alternatives to addressing... more
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      Congress (American Politics)Drugs And AddictionNarrative TheoryDrug Policy
In November 2018, the New South Wales government rushed a new homicide offence of "drug supply causing death" through Parliament. It is now a crime-punishable by up to 20 years' imprisonment for a person to supply a prohibited drug for... more
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      Criminal LawCriminal JusticeHomicideCausation
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      Illicit Drug PolicyColombian Foreign PolicyPolítica Exterior colombianaPolítica antidrogas
Un ensayo sobre los antecedentes y las perspectivas del narcotráfico en Colombia, sus repercusiones en la economía y la estabilidad sociopolítica, especulando escenarios con y sin Plan Colombia. Para su realización se hizo una lectura... more
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      Drug PolicyIllicit Drug PolicyDrugs and the lawLatin American Drug Policy
This report compiles presentations from a variety of speakers including: Baroness Molly Meacher, Professor Val Curran, Sir Robin Murray, Dr Marta Di Forti, Peter Moyes, Peter Reynolds, John Churchhill, Pat Mungroo and myself discussing... more
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      Drugs And AddictionHuman RightsCannabinoidsDrug Policy
REDUCCIÓN DE DAÑOS Y RIESGOS RELACIONADOS CON EL USO DE DROGAS Pragmatismo y derechos humanos frente a las políticas del prohibicionismo
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      Drug PolicyIllicit Drug Policy
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      Social PsychologyDrugs And AddictionAddiction BehaviourIllicit Drug Policy
In a search for appropriate theory, this essay inserts drug trafficking, the world’s largest illicit economic activity, within a wider analytical frame called the “covert netherworld.” Through the convergence xof three factors—covert... more
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      Military HistoryUnited NationsInsurgency/Counterinsurgency(COIN)Military and Politics
This paper will explore the impact current drug policy has on the treatment of substance abuse disorders. The predominant policy of prohibition (i.e., “War on Drugs”) emerged in the early Twentieth Century. It has been expanded on since... more
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      History of Public HealthSubstance Abuse TreatmentIllicit Drug PolicyPublic Policy
El fin del conflicto armado entre el Gobierno y las guerrillas es una oportunidad a revisitar la senda de tres décadas de aprendizaje en políticas relacionadas con el control de los cultivos ilícitos, a partir de las cuales se podrá... more
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      Peace and Conflict StudiesColombiaPost-conflict Reconstruction and DevelopmentRural Development
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      Drugs And AddictionDrugs and drug cultureDrug PolicyDrugs
El primer capítulo corresponde a un análisis de la inserción internacional de Colombia al mercado las drogas ilícitas, determinantes, la interacción de oferta y demanda, transformaciones y perspectivas. El segundo capítulo ilustra... more
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      ColombiaEconomic GrowthSpatial econometricsColombian History
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      Southeast Asian StudiesPopulismDrug PolicyWar on Drugs
Dieser Überblicksartikel über die Anwendungsmöglichkeiten der Sozialen Netzwerkanalyse im Bereich der Politikwissenschaft besteht aus drei Teilen. In einem kurzen Einstieg sollen die verschiedenen Dimensionen des Netzwerkbegriffs... more
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      Social Network Analysis (SNA)Social Network Analysis (Social Sciences)Drug PolicyIllicit Drug Policy
RESUMEN. Objetivo/Contexto: Este artículo presenta un análisis histórico de la prohibición de las drogas en México considerando las interconexiones entre los aspectos sociales, morales, económicos, políticos y de seguridad que componen la... more
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      International RelationsMexicoDrug PolicyWar on Drugs
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      Illicit Drug marketsIllicit Drug PolicyIllicit Drug Use
A multidimensional trip into psychedelic consciousness, science and culture, covering topics ranging from Neolithic worldviews, prehistoric rituals and Amerindian epistemology to weaponised hallucinogens, religious freedoms, trip-lit and... more
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      PsychologySocial PsychologyQueer StudiesPsychopharmacology
This study provides an assessment of the success to date of Counter-Narcotics (CN) efforts under Plan Colombia along with a set of recommendations for the United States Government (USG) to strengthen future CN efforts directed at... more
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      Spatial econometricsEvaluationSearch and matching models (Labor Economics)Cocaine
The challenges to international security have evolved since the attacks of 2001. While terrorism and armed conflicts are among the major concerns of international society, other threats such as organized crime in all its manifestations... more
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      European LawHuman TraffickingEuropean Foreign PolicyEuropean Union
由於青少年施用K他命的比例在這幾年來有明顯上升的現象,多位立法委員再三提案要求將K他命自原本的三級毒品提升為二級,藉此對K他命之施用者處以刑責,進而改善社會秩序與風氣。然而,對於立委們一再地案,法務部毒品審議委員會在二年間(2011至2012年)共八次否決了這個提案。針對此一行政與立法部門間的政策緊張,本文以立委們對於K他命之升級案的論述為研究的焦點,指出這些言論雖然是生成於民主轉型之後的政治場域,但卻也表現了民主轉型之後的威權遺緒,本文分析了國、民兩黨對於這些語言的使用之不... more
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      DemocratizationTaiwan StudiesMoral PanicIllicit Drug Policy
El presente artículo analiza el caso de desarrollo alternativo de la región San Martín, conocido por diversas agencias de lucha contra las drogas como el «milagro de San Martín». En primer lugar, se presentan los elementos teóricos del... more
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      Alternative DevelopmentDrug PolicyIllicit Drug Policy
Cuando se valora el peligro de carácter abstracto que puede tener la producción, transporte o venta de drogas en la salud pública, también debería valorarse el peligro que produce la misma política criminal en las personas y la sociedad... more
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      Criminal JusticeCosta RicaDrug PolicyInternational Criminal Justice
La question de la réglementation des drogues, en particulier du cannabis, est au cœur de l’actualité, notamment en Suisse. Et pourtant, c’est bien la prohibition qui a été la norme fondatrice des politiques drogues et qui domine encore... more
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      Drugs And AddictionDrugs and drug cultureDrugs And AlcoholDrug Policy
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      Latin American StudiesCuban StudiesBolivian studiesVenezuelan Politics
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      United NationsDrug PolicyInternational Development Public Policy and ManagementCritical Development Studies
In December 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to fully legalize cannabis, regulating all processes from the possession, growth, and distribution of the plant. As a breakthrough in the international drug control regime,... more
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      Latin American StudiesUruguayDrug PolicyMarijuana Legalization
O artigo descreve o funcionamento das salas de consumo assistido de drogas, cujo público-alvo são os usuários em maior situação de vulnerabilidade social e para os quais se disponibiliza um local com higiene adequada e assistido por... more
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      Drug PolicyDrogasDrug RegulationIllicit Drug Policy
El primer capítulo se dedica a explicar las tendencias regionales de los cultivos de coca y amapola en Colombia, contextualizado con los ocurrido en los mercados internacionales, allí también se analizan los determinantes de la... more
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      Money LaunderingSystem DynamicsColombian HistoryAlternatives to Development
In 2006, Milberger and colleagues wrote a seminal article in the journal Tobacco Control titled “Tobacco manufacturers’ defence against plaintiffs’ claims of cancer causation: throwing mud at the wall and hoping some of it will stick.”... more
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      AddictionDrugs And AddictionDrug PolicyMarijuana
The first section analyzes the macroeconomic aspects of the coca leaf/cocaine and opium poppy/heroin production chains. It provides detailed information on the major domestic production issues—such as productivity, cost structures,... more
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Crack cocaine use carries high costs for society, particularly in terms of increased crime. The tools of modern neuroscience may be able to reduce demand by addressing altered brain circuitry of individuals suffering from severe cocaine... more
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      Criminal LawRehabilitationDrugs And AddictionDeep Brain Stimulation
For over two decades the US has funded repressive forced coca eradication in Peru, Colombia and Bolivia to reduce the illegal cocaine trade. These policies have never met their stated goals and have generated violence and poverty. In... more
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      Latin American StudiesSocial AnthropologyDrugs And AddictionColombia
El debate sobre la reforma de las políticas de drogas en Costa Rica es incipiente. Si bien se han realizado esfuerzos por discutir desde perspectivas que superen las enfocadas en cero tolerancia, centradas en la enfermedad y la... more
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      Drugs and drug cultureCosta RicaHarm ReductionDrug Policy
Competing views about the dangers and potential benefits of drugs are ubiquitous. As the world transitions its drug laws regarding psychedelic medicines, the legalization of marijuana, and "mandatory minimum" jail sentences, how can we... more
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      ReligionComparative LiteratureMedical AnthropologyEthics
This article focuses on the embeddedness of hashish production in the local economy of Toolu, a village in Kyrgyzstan. It explores how transformations in social relationships and the monetization of gift giving put constant pressure on... more
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      Social and Cultural AnthropologyEconomic AnthropologyCentral Asian StudiesCritical Criminology