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Briefing Papers The Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme commissions reports on subjects relevant to the consideration of national and international drug policy. Accompanying these reports are briefing papers (factsheets) that explain recent policy initiatives in particular countries. The overall aim is to produce credible materials that can be used to inform a debate that is, all too often, guided by ideology rather than evidence. International agencies, such as the United Nations and the European Union, and most individual countries are torn between the growing scale of the problem, and the need to claim that current programmes are successful. In our view, the time has come to begin an objective search for solutions that are more effective in reducing the vast scale of human misery associated with this global phenomenon. A system of evaluation that can verify the usefulness of the policies currently in place should be introduced, in order to ensure that future policy does not just repeat the mistakes of the past. Four briefing papers have been produced to date:
The reports can also be downloaded from our policy website: www.internationaldrugpolicy.net |
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