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Released today: new Count the Costs briefing on alternatives to the war on drugs

“The United Nations should exercise its leadership, as is its mandate … and conduct deep reflection to analyze all available options, including regulatory or market measures, in order to establish a new paradigm that prevents the flow of resources to organized crime organizations.” 

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Alternative World Drug Report exposes destructive nature of $100 billion a year global war on drugs

A new report, launched to coincide with publication of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s 2012 World Drug Report, exposes the failure of governments and the UN to assess the extraordinary costs of pursuing a global war on drugs, and calls for UN member states to meaningfully count these costs and explore all

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International Institute for Strategic Studies launches new book on the security costs of the drug war

Today sees the launch of a major new publication from the renowned International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).

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Released today: new Count the Costs briefing on the crime costs of the war on drugs

Far from eliminating drug use and the illicit trade, prohibition has inadvertently fuelled the development of the world’s largest illegal commodities market – a market worth hundreds of billions of dollars, controlled solely by criminal profiteers.

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New Count the Costs briefing on the environmental costs of the war on drugs

Continuing our engagement with organisations and individuals outside the drug policy sector, we are today pleased to announce the publication of the Count the Costs environment briefing.

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New Count the Costs briefing on the human rights costs of the war on drugs

Today sees the publication of the Count the Costs Human Rights Briefing, which has been produced in collaboration with various Count the Costs project supporters, including Transform, EHRN, Harm Reduction International

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New additions to the Count the Costs resource collection 21.04.11

New videos

Four new videos have been added to the Count the Costs resource library:

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New additions to the Count the Costs resource collection 06.04.11

 

Five New Videos from WOLA

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Follow Count the Costs on Twitter

 

The Count The Costs Twitter page is now live! It will stream content from the Count the Costs Blog as well as announce site resource updates, news, events and useful links.

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Two new Count the Costs briefings available in print and as pdf downloads

 

The first two publications in the Count the Costs briefing series are now available - in print (on request) and as pdf download, as well as in html.

 

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