Fear and Loathing in Drugs Policy: Risk, Rights and Approaches to Drug Policy and Practice

2013 ◽  
pp. 235-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross Coomber ◽  
Nigel South
Keyword(s):  
Drug Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Risk

The Role of Evidence in the US Response to the Opioid Crisis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua M Sharfstein ◽  
Yngvild Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Drug Policy ◽  
National Institutes Of Health ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Track Record ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
The Us ◽  
Vested Interests ◽  
New Research

Abstract The National Institutes of Health is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into new research on opioids. As these studies yield insights and results, their results will have to change policy and practice before they can bend the curve of the epidemic. However, the US does not have a strong track record of translating evidence on drug policy into action. Three reasons for the translation gap are the historical legacy of drugs in the US, vested interests, and politics. Researchers can become engaged in policy and political processes to strengthen the US response.

Tackling Gangs and Organised Crime, and Rethinking Drug Policy

2019 ◽  
pp. 177-196
Author(s):  
Robert McLean
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Drug Policy ◽  
Organised Crime ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Insight Into

The book began with two main objectives: a) to provide insight into contemporary gang organisation as a means for gang business; and b) to reengage Scottish scholarly gang literature back into the wider scholarly UK gang debate. This chapter seeks to evaluate whether the two main objectives have been achieved. A general summary of the book is given which also looks at factors which contribute to gang organisation, before the chapter moves towards how the research could be used and applied to practice and policy for law establishment, law enforcement, and wider practitioner groups. Within the discussion on policy and practice attention is drawn more to potential predictors which see ‘core’ or persistent offenders progress towards organised crime. The chapter finishes with a short reflection of the study as a whole, and in doing so draws attention to various limitations and future research areas.

Does Ulster Still Say No? Drugs, Politics, and Propaganda in Northern Ireland Contemporary Issues concerning Illicit Drug Use in the British Isles

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kieran McEvoy ◽  
Karen McElrath ◽  
Kathryn Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Policy ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Drug Misuse ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Existing Data

Considerable emphasis has been placed in Northern Ireland as elsewhere upon providing an estimate of the prevalence and pattern of drug misuse, yet despite the importance of this information, a less than adequate picture has emerged. In this paper, divided into three sections, we attempt to layout and explore the assemblage of factors influencing drug misuse in Northern Ireland and subsequently our knowledge of it. In the first section we endeavor to demonstrate that drug use, distribution, and policy cannot be examined in isolation from the politics and practices of the protagonists to the conflict in Northern Ireland. In the second we critically review existing data on drug misuse ranging from the various public health and law enforcement indicators through to the limited emprical research avaliable. The final section makes urgent calls for quality research in Northern Ireland that would be instrumental in influencing effective drug policy and practice.

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