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Fariña: La porta europea della cocaina. E-book. Formato PDF Nacho Carretero   -  Bompiani, 2019  - 

Coca, farlopa, perico, fariña. Nella storia spagnola nessun prodotto è mai stato commercializzato con tanto successo. Negli anni ottanta e novanta infatti quasi tutta la cocaina che sbarcava in Europa faceva il suo ingresso dai porti della Galizia, che allora ha rischiato di trasformarsi in un vero e proprio narcostato. Oltre alla posizione geografica privilegiata, la Galizia aveva tutte le carte per diventare una “nuova Sicilia”: ritardo economico, una tradizione secolare di contrabbando via terra, mare e fiumi, e un atteggiamento di tolleranza ammirata verso una cultura criminale ereditata dall’epoca degli “inoffensivi” e “benevoli” boss del tabacco. I clan, potenti e intoccabili, sono cresciuti in un clima di massima impunità grazie all’inerzia – se non alla complicità – della classe politica e delle forze dell’ordine. Attraverso le testimonianze dirette di boss, piloti di aerei, pentiti, giudici, poliziotti, giornalisti e madri di tossicodipendenti, Nacho Carretero disegna con minuzia uno scenario criminale spesso sottovalutato, ma che ha annientato il tessuto sociale, economico e politico della regione spagnola, che ancora oggi paga il prezzo delle attività dei clan del narcotraffico, tutt’altro che estinti.

Drug Laws in Europe: main features and comparisons. E-book. Formato PDF Elena Ventura   -  Universitalia Editrice, 2014  - 

This book presents works conducted within the framework of the project “New methodological tools for policy and programme evaluation”, financed by the EU Commission DG Justice and coordinated by the Centre for Biostatistics and Bioinformatics of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. The book is divided into two parts and a guest contribution: part one is a comparison between the laws of most European countries regarding illegal drug use; part two is a more in depth comparison between Italian and Portuguese laws aimed at highlighting how apparently similar regulations are in fact quite different and have completely different outcomes. The guest contribution presents a comparison, conducted by Brendan Hughes, of penalties for trafficking in some legislations of EU countries based on data from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. The study of the various laws that are applied in different countries has allowed us to identify their strengths and weaknesses and verify their effectiveness. This analysis, in fact, has demonstrated that some regulations are more efficient than others because they employ a comprehensive approach to the problem of illegal drug use and are not limited to only one aspect, such as sanctions or merely procedural aspects. The debate about drug policy is often represented as a polarized choice between two options, “prohibition” and “legalization”. The reality is that there are multiple options that are in no way reducible to a simple dichotomy between these two extremes. After having analysed advantages and disadvantages connected with each national legislation, we have attempted to identify the elements contained in the so-called best practices in order to propose a homogeneous legislative framework. The point of view is not ideological, and the choice is not between a right or wrong system, but is an analysis based on the laws and facts. To ascertain best practices, it is necessary to start analysing the positive results (the facts) of legislation.

Illicit drug market and its economic impact. E-book. Formato PDF Carla Rossi   -  Universitalia Editrice, 2014  - 

The research report summarizes results of the Workstream 6 under the EU Project New methodological tools for policy and programme evaluation (JUST/2010/DPIP/AG/1410). The overall goal of the project was increased knowledge of illicit drug market from demand a supply side, behaviours of drug users, and of drug legislation in countries participating in the project, in order to produce effective global indicators to evaluate actions and policies of drug supply and drug demand reduction. The objectives of the Workstream 6 were to provide models to estimate the impact of the illicit drug market on the economy (in particular in relation to the GDP in terms of its size). Expected results under the Workstream 6 were (i) development of methodology for estimation of drug trade from the demand side, (ii) definition and (iii) identification of suitable indicators for the estimation of drug market with the possibility to include the drug trade into the system of national accounts as a part of illegal economy, (iv) data collection of available indicators and estimation of illicit drug market in project partners countries (Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal, Spain), (v) data collection of labelled public expenditure on drug policy (divided into prevention, harm reduction, treatment, law enforcement) and (vi) estimation of non-labelled public expenditure on drug policy. Finally, economic impact of illicit drug trade on GDP was analysed, and comparison of public expenditures on drug policy with total public expenditures was performed in a time series. Expected utilizers of the Workstream results are the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) in terms of the list of collected data; and the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat) in terms of the financial indicators from drug market that should be included in national accounts by the national statistical offices. And of course, the results are available for other experts and policy makers for future research and decisions. The research report is written with the use of terminology from the field of drug policy makers, same as of national accountants, so that it is comprehensive to both groups of experts.