Preston, A., & Derricott, J. (1997). The safer injecting handbook : first edition. London: Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence (ISDD).
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European Peer Support Project. (1990). The safer drug use video : peer support manual : belongs to the European Peer Support Manual. Author.
Keywords: other media; videotape; prevention; HIV infection; Aids; AOD use, abuse, and dependence; illicit drug; intravenous injection; intravenous drug user; peer-led prevention program; Europe; training manual
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Schneider, C. (2012). The role of dysfunctional international organizations in world politics : the case of the united nations office on drugs and crime. Master's thesis, University of Zurich, Zurich.
Abstract: Dysfunctional international organizations are anomalies in world politics. Neither rationalist nor constructivist attempts to explain their existence, persistence and growth have provided viable results, so far. However, beyond enhancing efficiency and effectiveness of international cooperation, less obvious functions of international organizations exist. Drawing on a primarily realist perspective, this study argues that states can use international organizations to obscure unwillingness to cooperate or solving common problems and diffuse responsibility or shift blame when commonly agreed upon solution do not work out as expected. In such situations, dysfunctions of international organizations might even be welcomed by states, because they provide obvious reasons for failure and make blame-shifting strategies more credible. This argument is explored in a case study of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) – a dysfunctional yet growing international organization. The case study argues that states have only a limited interest in cooperating on drug control matters at the international level. Co-existence rather than cooperation is the major aim states pursue. Because states do not want to leave the achieved state of co-existence, they are not interested in a strong and functioning international organization in the field. The growth of the organization can be almost exclusively attributed to the technical assistance projects of the UNODC. However, a closer look at a recent high-profile assistance project shows that even in the operative realm states are not interested in the success of the organizations. Much more, they use the UNODCs technical capabilities to obscure their unwillingness to cooperate substantially on drug control matters when their interests are only marginally affected. The study concludes that in the case of the UNODC blame-shifting by states is one of the main reasons for the UNODC’s budget growth despite its dysfunctions. Although it remains unclear to what extent this insight can be generalized to all dysfunctional international organizations, the mechanisms identified seem to provide viable explanations for other dysfunctional organizations operating under similar circumstances.
Keywords: government and politics; laws and regulations; international area; international differences; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (body)
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Harm Reduction Coalition. (1990). The right hit : good needle insertion saves your veins, saves your shot, prevents trackmarks and bruises and prevents abscesses. New York: Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC).
Keywords: harm reduction; intravenous injection; prevention; vein
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Lurie, P., Reingold, A. L., Bowser, B., Chen, D., Foley, J., Guydish, J., et al. (1993). The public health impact of needle exchange programs in the United States and abroad : summary, conclusions and recommendations. Berkeley; San Francisco: University of California, School of Public Health; University of California, Institute for Health Policy Studies.
Keywords: public health; harm reduction; needle distribution and exchange; impact of policy or law; AOD use, abuse, and dependence; HIV infection; Aids; international area; United States; Canada; Europe; Australia; New Zealand
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Bachmann, N., Beywl, W., Chircop, S., Jang, S., Landert, C., Mukherjee, P., et al. (2000). The program evaluation standards in international settings (C. Russon, Ed.). Kalamazoo: Western Michigan University, The Evaluation Center.
Keywords: program evaluation; recommendations or guidelines; international area; Germany; Switzerland; South Korea
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Dunn, J., & Pinheiro Ferri, C. (1998). The price of crack in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Addiction, 93(2; 02/1998), 287–288.
Keywords: AOD price; cocaine; crack cocaine; international area; HIV infection; Brazil; journal article
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Büechi, M. (2009). The positive reaction to the revised Narcotics Act improves the Federal Office of Public Health's opportunities to continue engaging in non-substance-related research on addiction. Spectra : prevention and health promotion, (72; 01/2009), 3.
Keywords: government and politics; law; amendment; AOD use, abuse, and dependence; illicit drug; nonchemical addiction; research; Switzerland
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Schultes, R. E. (1970). The plant kingdom and hallucinogens : parts I to III. Bulletin on Narcotics, 21 22(3 4 1; 07/1969; 10/1969; 01/1970).
Keywords: hallucinogens; plant; human study; history
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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2013). The new EU drugs strategy (2013–20). Lisbon: Author.
Abstract: EU drugs strategies and action plans direct collective action in the field of drugs both within the European Union and at international level. They do not impose legal obligations on EU Member States but promote a shared model with defined priorities, objectives, actions and metrics for measuring performance. Member States, and also some candidate and pre-accession countries, use this framework to develop their own national policy documents, which are increasingly synchronised with the EU strategy. They remain free to emphasise different national priorities within the overall framework of an integrated, balanced andevidence-based approach to the drugs problem.
Keywords: government and politics; laws and regulations; legal regulation; drug laws; strategy; illicit drug; international area; Europe; European Union
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