Beyond 2008 Declaration
A declaration resulting from an international NGO meeting held in Vienna, July 2008, ahead of the ten-year UNGASS review in March 2009.

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction 2008 Annual Report
The annual report by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, on the state of the drugs problem in Europe.

Harm Reduction and Human Rights: The Global Response to Injection-Driven HIV Epidemics
Submitted to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the biennial report on HIV/AIDS, this report by the International Harm Reduction Association is signed by several other organizations, including the OSI Global Drug Policy program. Available in English and in Polish.

Principles of Drug Dependence Treatment
A March 2008 discussion paper jointly published by UNODC and WHO, calling for governments to ensure evidence-based drug dependence treatment services which respond to the needs of societies.

Toward a Global View of Alcohol, Tobacco, Cannabis, and Cocaine Use: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
A study based on rigorously conducted field surveys in the first 17 countries participating in WHO’s World Mental Health Survey Issue.