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Drug policy

Index Drug policy

A drug policy is the policy, usually of a government, regarding the control and regulation of drugs considered dangerous, particularly those which are addictive. [1]

58 relations: Alexandra Chasin, Anthony D. Romero, Arguments for and against drug prohibition, Australian National Council on Drugs, Cannabis in El Salvador, Carl Hart, Centre of Excellence on Public Security, David F. Musto, Decree-Law 15/93, Demand reduction, Drug policy of Canada, Drug policy of Germany, Drug policy of the United Kingdom, European Association of Libraries and Information Services on Addictions, Gabe Rosales, Gateway drug theory, Global Commission on Drug Policy, Gustavo de Greiff, Harm Reduction International, Harold Ford Jr., Heroin, Heroin-assisted treatment, Howard J. Samuels, Igarapé Institute, Index of politics articles, International Drug Policy Consortium, International Journal of Drug Policy, Isabella Frankau, Jan Greve, Jefferson Fish, Jerzy Vetulani, John Pylka, Jonathan Caulkins, Journal of Global Drug Policy and Practice, Kevin Sabet, Law Enforcement Action Partnership, LegitScript, List of academic fields, María Cecilia Rodríguez, Marie-Andrée Bertrand, Neal Francis Lane, Neoconservatism and paleoconservatism, Nils Bejerot, Open Society Foundations, Outline of political science, Peter Reuter, Philip Owen, Philippine Drug War, Pirate Party Germany, Political positions of Donald Trump, ..., Prescription drug, Prohibition of drugs, Rome Consensus for a Humanitarian Drug Policy, Social policy of Donald Trump, Standing Committee on Health and Care Services, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Susan Deacon, Thomas Zeltner. Expand index (8 more) »

Alexandra Chasin

Alexandra Chasin (born 1961) is an American experimental writer based in Brooklyn, New York.

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Anthony D. Romero

Anthony D. Romero is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union.

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Arguments for and against drug prohibition

Arguments about the prohibition of drugs, and over drug policy reform, are subjects of considerable controversy.

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Australian National Council on Drugs

The Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) describes itself as "the principal advisory body to Government on drug policy and plays a critical role in ensuring the voice of the community is heard in relation to drug related policies and strategies." The Council occupies a unique position by virtue of its role in enhancing the partnership between government and the community.

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Cannabis in El Salvador

The possession and use of cannabis is illegal in El Salvador for both recreational and medical purposes.

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Carl Hart

Carl Hart (born October 30, 1966) is a professor of neuroscience and psychology at Columbia University.

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Centre of Excellence on Public Security

The Centre of Excellence on Public Security (CEPS) is a think tank based in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil which studies aspects of public security, advocating multi-dimensional responses to Public Security issues.

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David F. Musto

David Franklin Musto (January 8, 1936 – October 8, 2010) was an American expert on U.S. drug policy and the War on Drugs who served as a government adviser on the subject during the Presidency of Jimmy Carter.

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Decree-Law 15/93

The Decree-Law 15/93 of January 22 (Decreto-Lei n.º 15/93, de 22 de Janeiro) is a Portuguese drug control law implementing the 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.

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Demand reduction

Demand reduction refers to efforts aimed at reducing the public desire for illegal and illicit drugs.

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Drug policy of Canada

Canada's drug regulations are measures of the Food and Drug Act and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

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Drug policy of Germany

The drug policy of Germany is considered to be more lenient than that of many other EU countries but still stricter than that of the Netherlands.

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Drug policy of the United Kingdom

Drugs considered addictive or dangerous in the United Kingdom are called "controlled substances" and regulated by law.

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European Association of Libraries and Information Services on Addictions

The European Association of Libraries and Information Services on Addictions (ELISAD) – previously called, until end of 2011, European Association of Libraries and Information Services on Alcohol and other Drugs – was a European non-governmental and non-profit making social network of libraries, documentation centres and information services situated in Europe and specialised in alcohol, drugs, tobacco and all other behavioural addictions.

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Gabe Rosales

Gabe Rosales is a professional musician, sober educator, international human rights activist, and criminal justice and drug policy reformist from San Juan Capistrano, California.

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Gateway drug theory

Gateway drug theory (alternatively, stepping-stone theory, escalation hypothesis, or progression hypothesis) is a comprehensive catchphrase for the medical theory that the use of a psychoactive drug can be coupled to an increased probability of the use of further drugs.

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Global Commission on Drug Policy

The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) is a panel of world leaders and intellectuals, with a Secretariat based in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Gustavo de Greiff

Gustavo de Greiff Restrepo (born June 20, 1929) is a Colombian lawyer, educator and activist, who served as former Attorney General of Colombia and former Colombian Ambassador to Mexico.

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Harm Reduction International

Harm Reduction International, formerly known as International Harm Reduction Association, describes itself as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and works within harm reduction model in the field of harm reduction.

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Harold Ford Jr.

Harold Eugene Ford Jr. (born May 11, 1970) is an American financial managing director, pundit, author, and former U.S. congressman who served from 1997–2007 in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party from, centered in Memphis.

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Heroin

Heroin, also known as diamorphine among other names, is an opioid most commonly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects.

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Heroin-assisted treatment

Heroin-assisted treatment, or diamorphine assisted treatment, refers to the prescribing of synthetic, injectable heroin to opiate addicts who do not benefit from or cannot tolerate treatment with one of the established drugs used in opiate replacement therapy like methadone or buprenorphine (brand name Suboxone).

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Howard J. Samuels

Howard Joseph Samuels (December 3, 1919 – October 26, 1984) was an American statesman, industrialist, civil rights activist and philanthropist who served as United States Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the Small Business Administration under President Johnson, special advisor to the campaign for president by John F. Kennedy and the administration of President Carter.

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Igarapé Institute

The Igarapé Institute or Instituto Igarapé is a Brazilian-based think and do tank that focuses on emerging security and development issues.

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Index of politics articles

This is a list of political topics, including political science terms, political philosophies, political issues, etc.

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International Drug Policy Consortium

The International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) is a global network of over 170 NGOs that promote objective and open debate on drug policy at national, regional and international level.

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International Journal of Drug Policy

The International Journal of Drug Policy is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering drug policy with respect to both illegal and legal drugs.

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Isabella Frankau

Isabella McDougall Frankau (died May 1967), née Robertson, was a British psychiatrist who specialised in alcohol and drug addiction.

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Jan Greve

Jan Greve is a Norwegian psychiatrist who is best known for having used cannabis and LSD to treat his patients.

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Jefferson Fish

Jefferson Morris Fish is a professor emeritus of psychology at St. John's University in New York City, where he previously served as Chair of the Department of Psychology and as Director of the PhD Program in Clinical Psychology.

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Jerzy Vetulani

Jerzy Adam Gracjan Vetulani (21 January 1936 – 6 April 2017) was a Polish neuroscientist, pharmacologist and biochemist, professor of natural sciences, member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Learning, one of the most frequently cited Polish scientists in the field of biomedicine after 1965.

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John Pylka

John Pylka is the event coordinator for the Washington, DC Smoke-In, the longest-running annual demonstration in support of drug policy reform in the United States.

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Jonathan Caulkins

Jonathan Paul Caulkins (born 1965) is an American drug policy researcher and the H. Guyford Stever Professor of Operations Research and Public Policy at Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Journal of Global Drug Policy and Practice

The Journal of Global Drug Policy and Practice describes itself as an open access peer-reviewed public health journal.

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Kevin Sabet

Kevin Abraham Sabet, also known as Kevin Sabet, (born February 20, 1979) is an assistant professor of psychiatry and Director of the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Florida.

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Law Enforcement Action Partnership

The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP), formerly Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit group of current and former police, judges, prosecutors, and other criminal justice professionals who use their expertise to advance drug policy and criminal justice solutions that enhance public safety.

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LegitScript

LegitScript is a verification and monitoring service for online pharmacies.

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List of academic fields

The following outline is provided as an overview of an topical guide to academic disciplines: An academic discipline or field of study is known as a branch of knowledge.

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María Cecilia Rodríguez

María Cecilia Rodríguez (born September 12, 1967) is an Argentine public policy maker.

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Marie-Andrée Bertrand

Marie-Andrée Bertrand (1925March 6, 2011) was a French-Canadian criminologist, a feminist and anti-prohibitionist.

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Neal Francis Lane

Cornelius (Neal) Francis Lane (born August 22, 1938), is a U.S. physicist and Senior Fellow in Science and Technology Policy at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and Malcolm Gillis University Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy Emeritus at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

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Neoconservatism and paleoconservatism

This article describes ideological and practical differences between neoconservatism and paleoconservatism, the two branches of the American conservative political movement.

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Nils Bejerot

Nils Bejerot (September 21, 1921 – November 29, 1988) was a Swedish psychiatrist and criminologist best known for his work on drug abuse and for coining the phrase Stockholm syndrome.

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Open Society Foundations

Open Society Foundations (OSF), formerly the Open Society Institute, is an international grantmaking network founded by business magnate George Soros.

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Outline of political science

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to politics and political science: Politics – the exercise of power; process by which groups of people make collective decisions.

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Peter Reuter

Peter Reuter (born December 4, 1944) is an American criminologist and economist.

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Philip Owen

Philip Walter Owen (born March 11, 1933) was the 36th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1993 to 2002, making him one of Vancouver's longest serving mayors.

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Philippine Drug War

The "Philippine Drug War" refers to the drug policy of the Philippine government under President Rodrigo Duterte.

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Pirate Party Germany

The Pirate Party Germany (Piratenpartei Deutschland), commonly known as Pirates (German: Piraten), is a political party in Germany founded in September 2006 at c-base.

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Political positions of Donald Trump

The political positions of United States President Donald Trump (sometimes referred to as Trumpism) have elements from across the political spectrum, merging populism with plutocracy and authoritarianism.

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Prescription drug

A prescription drug (also prescription medication or prescription medicine) is a pharmaceutical drug that legally requires a medical prescription to be dispensed.

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Prohibition of drugs

The prohibition of drugs through sumptuary legislation or religious law is a common means of attempting to prevent the recreational use of certain harmful drugs and other intoxicating substances.

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Rome Consensus for a Humanitarian Drug Policy

The Rome Consensus for a Humanitarian Drug Policy is a framework for dialogue and cooperation that commits 114 National Societies of Red Cross and Red Crescent from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe to promote and implement humanitarian approaches to drug policy.

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Social policy of Donald Trump

President Donald Trump describes himself as pro-life and generally opposes abortion with some exceptions: rape, incest, and circumstances endangering the health of the mother.

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Standing Committee on Health and Care Services

The Standing Committee on Health and Care Services (Helse- og omsorgskomiteen) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway.

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Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) is an international non-profit advocacy and education organization based in Washington D.C. SSDP is focused on reforming drug policy in the United States and internationally.

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Susan Deacon

Susan Catherine Deacon CBE (born 2 February 1964, Musselburgh) is a Scottish public figure who operates across the spheres of education, business, and the not-for-profit sector, and is an independent adviser on public policy, governance and strategic leadership.

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Thomas Zeltner

Thomas Zeltner (born 1947 in Berne, Switzerland) is a Swiss physician, lawyer, and former Secretary of Health of Switzerland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy

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