Video: Julia Buxton on domestic policy, racism, and the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

Footnotes

1) Book: The political economy of narcotics: production, consumption and global markets [Julia Buxton Zed Books 2006]

The political economy of narcotics

2) Website: UN Office on Drugs and Crime

UNODC

3) Web Page: Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961

UNODC

4) Website: Drug Policy Alliance

DPA

5) Website: Transform Drug Policy Foundation

TDPF

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Julia Buxton on domestic policy, racism, and the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs