openDemocracy Drug Policy Forum

This is a follow-up to yesterday's post entitled World Drug Report 2010. The post described the most recent annual report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

The British website openDemocracy has a regular summary of news and developments in drug policy and criminal justice reform.

This week's issue refers to the UNODC report as well as to many other developments. Some of the topics covered include:

• International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
• Sentencing Reform for drug offences in England and Wales
• Viva Rio launches "Drugs and culture: new perspectives" (from Brazil)
• The Global State of Harm Reduction 2010: Key Issues for Broadening the Response