1/7 Scheduling - Intro
International scheduling is defined by the Transnational Institute as “the classification of a substance within a graded system of...
2/2 Transformative forces - Trans-local solidarities
Already greatly pressured by modern globalization processes, the Westphalian system of sovereign nations upon which european centered...
1/3 Transformative forces - Global citizenship
"¡El pueblo unido, jamás será vencido!" Nueva cancion chilena - Sergio Ortega y Quilapayún. June 1973. Intrinsically as we have observed...
9/9 Post UNGASS 2016 - Conclusions
While the OAS scenarios give us a deeper and longer outlook on what could come out of the UNGAS 2016, the pathways proposed by Cindy...
8/9 Post-UNGASS 2016 - Altering the “drug-control cornerstones”
There are two possible options in regard to the revision of the U.N. drug control conventions; by modification (1) or by amendment (2)....
7/9 Post UNGASS 2016 - Forsight scenarios
If Greek philosopher Heraclitus through his doctrine of flux (1) would tell us that “there is nothing permanent except change”, we could...
6/9 Post-UNGASS 2016 - A potential inter se agreement
Questioned by The Guardian (2013), Damon Barrett, Deputy Director of the charity organization Harm Reduction International, stated that...
5/9 Post-UNGASS 2016 - Meaningful participation?
Civil Society The CSTF (2015), has highlighted in its Recommendations for the “Zero Draft” of the Outcome Document for UNGASS 2016, with...
4/9 Post-UNGASS 2016 - Potential outcomes?
Jacob Bercovitch (2007) in his book “Mediation Success or Failure: a Search for the Elusive Criteria” asserts that mediation by official...
3/9 Post-UNGASS 2016 - The case for like-minded groups
Since the beginning of contemporary drug control policy in the 1960’s, coalitions of like-minded groups has been a core component of the...