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Rick Lines' Recently Published Article: New psychoactive substances in Eurasia: a qualitative study of people who use drugs and harm reduction services in six countries

This recently published study by HRDP Co-Director Rick Lines and Eliza Kurevic examines the use of new psychoactive substances (NPS) and the harm reduction response in six Eurasian countries: Belarus, Moldova, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and …

New book chapter by Rick Lines and Julie Hannah: Drug Control and Human Rights: Parallel Universes, Universal Parallels

Research Handbook on International Drug Policy edited by David R Bewley-Taylor and Khalid Tinasti This pioneering Research Handbook brings together contributions from a variety of researchers and practitioners to provide a global overview of the …

What does it mean to adopt a human rights approach to drug policy?

What does it mean to adopt a human rights approach to drug policy? The 25th anniversary of Health and Human Rights comes at an interesting time in international drug policy. Not long ago, references to human rights could be, and were, …

A recent book by HRDP co-founder Damon Barrett: Child Rights and Drug Control in International Law

Responding to the harms caused by drugs is one of the most challenging social policy issues of our time. In Child Rights and Drug Control on International Law , Damon Barrett explores the meaning of the child’s right to protection from drugs …

Gaol Fever: What COVID-19 tells us about the War on Drugs: by Rick Lines, Giada Girelli and Naomi Burke-Shyne -

Gaol Fever: What COVID-19 tells us about the War on Drugs. April 2020 This article draws comparisons between the dangers of gaol fever in the eighteenth century and the present day challenge of Covid 19. Many countries are releasing prisoners early …

Recent book by HRDP Chair, Rick Lines: Drug Control & Human Rights in International Law

Drug Control and Human Rights in International Law (2017) by Rick Lines . Published by Cambridge University Press. This book explores the emerging area of the human rights impacts of drug control. Beginning with a legal historical review of the …

Rick Lines' Recently Published Article: New psychoactive substances in Eurasia: a qualitative study of people who use drugs and harm reduction services in six countries

New book chapter by Rick Lines and Julie Hannah: Drug Control and Human Rights: Parallel Universes, Universal Parallels

What does it mean to adopt a human rights approach to drug policy?

A recent book by HRDP co-founder Damon Barrett: Child Rights and Drug Control in International Law

Gaol Fever: What COVID-19 tells us about the War on Drugs: by Rick Lines, Giada Girelli and Naomi Burke-Shyne -

Recent book by HRDP Chair, Rick Lines: Drug Control & Human Rights in International Law

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