Guidelines for the Psychosocially Assisted Pharmacological Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Guidelines for the Psychosocially Assisted Pharmacological Treatment of Opioid Dependence
Author: World Health Organization. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2009
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9241547545

"These guidelines were produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) a Guidelines Development Group of technical experts, and in consultation with the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) secretariat and other WHO departments. WHO also wishes to acknowledge the financial contribution of UNODC and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to this project. " - p. iv

Monitoring State Compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Monitoring State Compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Author: Ziba Vaghri
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2022-01-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3030846474

This open access book presents a discussion on human rights-based attributes for each article pertinent to the substantive rights of children, as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It provides the reader with a unique and clear overview of the scope and core content of the articles, together with an analysis of the latest jurisprudence of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. For each article of the UNCRC, the authors explore the nature and scope of corresponding State obligations, and identify the main features that need to be taken into consideration when assessing a State’s progressive implementation of the UNCRC. This analysis considers which aspects of a given right are most important to track, in order to monitor States' implementation of any given right, and whether there is any resultant change in the lives of children. This approach transforms the narrative of legal international standards concerning a given right into a set of characteristics that ensure no aspect of said right is overlooked. The book develops a clear and comprehensive understanding of the UNCRC that can be used as an introduction to the rights and principles it contains, and to identify directions for future policy and strategy development in compliance with the UNCRC. As such, it offers an invaluable reference guide for researchers and students in the field of childhood and children’s rights studies, as well as a wide range of professionals and organisations concerned with the subject.

Commentary on the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 1988

Commentary on the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 1988
Author: United Nations
Publisher: United Nations Publications
Total Pages: 442
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Drug control.
ISBN: 9789211481068

This commentary on the 1988 Convention against the illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs & psychotropic substances, which entered into force on 11 November 1990, will provide further understanding of the contents & objectives of the Convention. In their firm commitment to aggressively confront the challenges of the drug problem, Governments will find the publication an extremely useful tool in the practical implementation of the Convention. The Commentary is divided into five functional parts: General Provisions, Substantive Provisions, Implementation Provisions, Final Clauses & Tables Annexed to the Convention. In addition to the introduction which gives an overview of the genesis of the Convention from its conception by the General Assembly in December of 1984 to its adoption in December 1988.

Official Records

Official Records
Author: United Nations Publications
Publisher:
Total Pages: 8
Release: 1991-12-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9780119102543

International Drug Control

International Drug Control
Author: David R. Bewley-Taylor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2012-03-22
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107014972

The first integrated analysis of the causes and effects of diverging views of drug use within the international community.

The International Drug Control Conventions

The International Drug Control Conventions
Author:
Publisher: United Nations Publications
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2009
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The present publication contains the texts of the three main international drug control conventions: the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol; the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971; and the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988. Annex I contains a table showing the year in which the narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances were placed under international control. Annex II shows the year in which substances frequently used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances were placed under the control of the 1988 Convention.

Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It

Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It
Author: James Gray
Publisher: Temple University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2011-12-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1439908001

Our drug prohibition policy is hopeless, just as Prohibition, our alcohol prohibition policy, was before it. Today there are more drugs in our communities and at lower prices and higher strengths than ever before. We have built large numbers of prisons, but they are overflowing with non-violent drug offenders. The huge profits made from drug sales are corrupting people and institutions here and abroad. And far from being protected by our drug prohibition policy, our children are being recruited by it to a lifestyle of drug use and drug selling. Judge Gray’s book drives a stake through the heart of the War on Drugs. After documenting the wide-ranging harms caused by this failed policy, Judge Gray also gives us hope. We have viable options. The author evaluates these options, ranging from education and drug treatment to different strategies for taking the profit out of drug-dealing. Many officials will not say publicly what they acknowledge privately about the failure of the War on Drugs. Politicians especially are afraid of not appearing "tough on drugs." But Judge Gray’s conclusions as a veteran trial judge and former federal prosecutor are reinforced by the testimonies of more than forty other judges nationwide.