legislation

CADCA Advocacy Toolkit – A Guide to Educating Legislators

Guide

CADCA’s Guide to Educating Legislators is a practical advocacy toolkit designed to help substance use prevention professionals, coalitions, and community leaders make prevention visible to policymakers. The guide explains how advocates can educate legislators by combining credible data with powerful community stories, building relationships with legislative staff, and presenting clear, concise messages that show why prevention matters.

Perspectives of illicit marijuana growers and traders on commercial legalization of marijuana in South Africa: considerations for policy formulation

Scientific article

26 June 2021

Over the past era, there has been a call for legalizing marijuana cultivation and trading for commercial purposes in South Africa. Advocates of the call argue that the criminalization of commercial marijuana cultivation and trading has...

SHERLOC: Sharing Electronic Resources and Laws on Crime

Website

The UNODC SHERLOC portal is an initiative to help the dissemination of information regarding the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the three Protocols thereto and the international legal...

Online Survey: What do you think about cannabis policy?

News

This study investigates what members of the public think about issues related to cannabis policy, including things like legalisation and decriminalisation. Anyone can take part as long as they live in the UK and are aged over the age of 18.

Cannabis Policy and Legislation in the Nordic Countries

Book

15 April 2019

Cannabis is used throughout the Nordic countries, with a particular increase in use among young adults. Markets and attitudes towards the drug have evolved, therefore there is a need to understand follow societies response to its use. This...

Media Influence on Public Policy in Kenya: The Case of Illicit Brew Consumption

Scientific article

28 May 2018

Abstract The media plays a major role in public life, influencing citizens’ focus of attention and providing many of the facts and opinions that shape perspectives on topics of the day. Studies that analyze media influences on policy making...

Abuse-Deterrent Opioid Formulations

Scientific article

Abstract Abuse-deterrent opioid formulations have been suggested as one way to decrease the abuse, addiction, and overdose of orally prescribed opioids. Ten oral opioid formulations have received abuse-deterrent labeling by the U.S. Food...