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Drug Policy Reform Policy History The International Opium Convention 1912 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961 United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances 1971 UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs

Drug Policy Reform
Policy History  The International Opium Convention 1912  United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961  United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances 1971  UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs 10-year drug strategy. 1988.  UNGASS 2016
Local Policy and Enforcement  Prohibition  Abstinence based  Emerging reform strategies in Africa: dejure defacto
Why drug policy reform Failures of prohibition  Challenges in enforcement  Highly contested evidence for effectiveness
Why drug policy reform Failures of prohibition  Challenges in enforcement  Highly contested evidence for effectiveness Inherent negative consequences  Criminalization  Excessive levels of imprisonment  Punitive sentencing practices  Human rights abuse maybe gross  Fuelling spread of communicable diseases
Critical Drug Policy Reform focus  Human Rights  Harm reduction  Public health  Evidence based policies
Progressive drug policy reform  Decriminalization/ Depenalisation  Multi disciplinary approach
Drug Policy Reform in Africa Continental level ‘ Plan of Action on Drug Control for 2013- 2017’ (comprehensive package on HIV prevention, treatment and care among injecting and non-injecting drug users) ‘Continental Minimum Quality Standards for Treatment of Drug Dependence’ Developments in Sub-Saharan Africa Developments in North Africa

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