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The GDPO produces, hosts, and promotes relevant audio and visual content in line with our core research areas. GDPO multimedia content is designed to further our commitment to the promotion of evidence and human rights based drug policy through the comprehensive and rigorous reporting, monitoring and analysis of policy developments at national and international levels.

Improving Drug Policy Metrics: Supplementing the UNODC Annual Report Questionnaire

Medical Cannabis in Jamaica Assessing the Licensing Process

ICCR Video, April 2020

These are interviews conducted by GDPO Senior Research Associate Axel Klein with various stakeholders in Jamaica's medical cannabis industry. The stakeholders give their perspective on Jamaica's licensing regime, since the amendment to the Dangerous Drugs Act. The Interviews were conducted in February 2020, approximately 5 years after decriminalization and the establishment of a licensing system in the country and fed into the Report, Ganja Licensing in Jamaica Learning lessons and setting standards, published by ICCR in April, 2020. 

Thank you Daniel Klein for filming an editing the piece.

To find out more please visit http://iccresearch.org/

Seoul Searching: South Korea’s AI Counter-Cryptomarket Capability and Associated Privacy Dilemmas

GDPO Video Explainer, April 2020

Despite recent increases in Russian and Chinese markets and vendors, much analysis of DCM policy and enforcement operations has been largely focused on English language markets either located in, or serving, buyers in North West Europe, North America, and Australasia. However, the Republic of Korea (ROK) has been quietly developing – in conjunction with domestic academic and corporate partners – highly sophisticated counter-crypto capabilities.  How – and why – the Republic of Korea has moved so far forward in counter-crypto enforcement capabilities is worthy of attention.

Read the full analysis by Martin Horton-Eddison here: WP 6 Seoul Searching

The Russian Federation Leads the Charge Against Legally Regulated Markets for Non-Medical Adult Use

GDPO Video Explainer, April 2020

The GDPO team would like to thank Martin Horton-Eddison for his time putting this video-explainer together. 

A Quiet Revolution: Drug Decriminalisation Across the Globe

GDPO Video, June 2018

Niamh Eastwood, Executive Director of Release, discusses the international narrative which surrounds issues of drug decriminilsation across the globe.

The GDPO team would like to thank the video contributers as well as Jasmin Gamez, Anna Dzunic, and Mai Hla Aye for all their hard work.

For more on the project behind this video, see the GDPO blog post 

To read more about Release, visit Release.org.uk

Measuring the 'World Drug Problem': ARQ Revision, Beyond Traditional Indicators

GDPO Video, June 2018

Marie Nougier, Head of Research and Communications at the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) discusses the international narrative which surrounds the global drug policy metrics issue.

The GDPO team would like to thank the video contributers as well as Jasmin Gamez, Anna Dzunic, and Mai Hla Aye for all their hard work.

For more on the project behind this video, see the GDPO blog post 

To read more on the metrics issue, visit the GDPO Metrics Project page

Dealing with Synthetics: Time to Reframe the Narrative

GDPO Video, June 2018

Julia Buxton, Professor of Comparative Politics at Central European University and Senior Research Associate at the GDPO, discusses the international narrative which surrounds the synthetic drugs issue.

The GDPO team would like to thank the video contributers as well as Jasmin Gamez, Anna Dzunic, and Mai Hla Aye for all their hard work.

For more on this project behind this video, see the GDPO blog post 

Read or download the full report here, Dealing with Synthetics Time to Reframe the Narrative