UK DRUG POLICY COMMISSION

UKDPC PUBLICATIONS

Reports are only available as downloads and cannot be ordered in hard copy. The views and conclusions of reports commissioned by UKDPC are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Commission.

Sinning & Sinned Against: The Stigmatisation of Problem Drug Users - August 2010
Drugs and Diversity: The Impact of Drugs on Different Minority Groups - July 2010
Supporting the Supporters: families of drug misusers - November 2009
Refocusing Drug-Related Law Enforcement to Address Harms - July 2009
Working Towards Recovery: Getting problem drug users into jobs – December 2008
Tackling Drug Markets and Distribution Networks in the UK: a review of the recent literature - July 2008
Recovery Consensus Statement: Developing a vision of recovery – June 2008
Reducing Drug Use, Reducing Reoffending: Are programmes for problem drug-using offenders in the UK supported by the evidence? – March 2008
An Analysis of UK Drug Policy - April 2007
UKDPC SUBMISSIONS

Submission to the Social Security (Welfare Reform Drugs Recovery Pilot Scheme) Regulations 2010 (consultation)
Submission to Sir David Omand’s Review of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD)
Memorandum to the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Inquiry 'Putting Science and Engineering at the Heart of Government Policy' (July 2009)
Submission to the Sentencing Advisory Panel consultation on sentencing for drug offences (July 2009)
Submission to the Home Affairs Select Committee Cocaine Trade Inquiry (June 2009)
Memorandum to the Work and Pensions Select Committee for their Inquiry into the Equality Bill (February 2009)
Submission to the Department for Transport Road Safety Compliance Consultation (Drug Driving) - February 2009
Response to the Department for Work and Pensions' Welfare Green Paper "No One Written Off" - October 2008
Briefing: consideration of the evidence in relation to the Conservative Party proposals, "Prisons with a Purpose" - September 2008
Submission the to Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) MDMA (ecstasy) Classification Review - September 2008
Response to the Welsh Assembly Government’s Substance Misuse Strategy Consultation Paper – May 2008
Submission to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) Cannabis Classification Review – January 2008
Response to the UK Government’s Drug Strategy Consultation Paper – October 2007
EVENTS

UKDPC presentation to House of Lords Welfare Reform briefing, 22 April 2009.
Minutes of the Joint All-Party Parliamentary Group Meeting on Drugs and Prisons: 'Making things better - three independent ways ahead' - 27 January 2009 (London, House of Lords)
UKDPC ‘Policy Zone’ at Drugs and Alcohol Today - May/June 2008 (London and Glasgow)
ARTICLES

'2009 Tackling drug supply awards: Case studies' (a report for the Home Office) This collection of case studies provides examples of enforcement aimed at addressing harms. Key lessons from the operations have been drawn out in order to help other agencies considering similar approaches. [1.6MB PDF]

'The other half of the equation: employers' readiness to recruit problem drug users' (Drugs and Alcohol Today, March 2009) argues that more attention needs to be given to addressing employers' concerns about risks associated with hiring recovering drug users and challenging negative stereotypes and stigma if ambitions to get this group back to work are to be realised. [216KB PDF]

UKDPC Special Edition of 'Safer Communities' (January 2009) features a paper by US academics Jonathan Caulkins and Peter Reuter 'Towards a harm-reduction approach to enforcement' followed by responses from four different perspectives: David Bolt (Serious Organised Crime Agency), Leo Boland and Steve Kavanagh (local authority), John Grieve (policing) and Tristram Hicks (asset recovery). [831KB PDF]

'Sentencing drug users' (Magistrate, Winter 2008) suggests the criminal justice system could adopt a more flexible and effective approach to sentencing some drug users. [156KB PDF]

'How can enforcement agencies reduce drug harm?' (Police Professional, September 2008) considers different ways in which the police and other enforcement bodies can reduce the damage caused by drug markets and use. [281KB PDF]

'The role of drug testing in the criminal justice system' (Drugs and Alcohol Today, September 2008) expands on the finding from our report 'Reducing Drug Use, Reducing Reoffending' that research is equivocal about the added value of drug testing. [140KB PDF]

'Finding Common Ground' (Druglink, July/August 2008). The recovery consensus panel summarises its conclusions. [61KB PDF]

'Bars to progress' (Drink and Drug News, 21 April 2008) discusses findings from our report 'Reducing Drug Use, Reducing Reoffending'. [109KB PDF]

'Addressing the lack of knowledge underpinning the UK drug strategy' (Drugs and Alcohol Today, December 2007) outlines the need for a research strategy to fill the knowledge gaps. [64KB PDF]

Photo collage: UK drug policy - a complex issue