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Transform Drug Policy Foundation exists to minimise drug-related harm to individualsand communities by bringing about a just, humane and effective system to regulate andcontrol drugs at national and international levels.
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• Research, policy analysis and innovative policy development• Challenging government to demonstrate rational, fact-based evidence to support itspolicies and expenditure• Promoting alternative, evidence-based policies to parliamentarians and governmentagencies• Advising non-governmental organisations whose work is affected by drugs• Providing an informed, rational and clear voice in the public and media debate on UK and international drug policy
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restoration of human rights and dignity to the marginalised anddisadvantaged, and regeneration of deprived neighbourhoods•
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an end to the largest cause of acquisitive crime and streetprostitution, and consequent falls in the non-violent prison population•
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dramatic curtailment of opportunities and incentives fororganised and violent crime•
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 the financial benefits of discontinued drug enforcement expenditureand the taxation of regulated drugs•
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creation of an environment in which drug use can be managed and drugusers can lead healthier lives•
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adherence to ethical standards and principles, including fair trade, in themanufacture, supply and distribution of drugs•
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an end to the illegal drug trade’s contribution to conflict andpolitical instability in producer and transit countries
 
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• Editorial assistance provided by Vicky Jones, Fiona Hance and Fran Kellett.• Thanks to Transform staff, trustees and volunteers (past and present), the participants at the‘Options for Control’ seminar series and The Mannheim Centre for the Study of Criminology andCriminal Justice at the London School of Economics, who hosted the seminars.• Thanks to the J. Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust for funding the ‘Options for Control’ seminar seriesand production of the ‘After the War on Drugs, Options for Control’ report.• Thanks to Transform’s current funders including: the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, the Glass-House Trust, the Linnet Trust, Atlantic Philanthropies, the Allen Lane Foundation and individualdonors.• Thanks also to past funders including: the Network for Social Change, the Linbury Trust, theEuropean Commission, the Network of European Foundations and the Joseph Rowntree ReformTrust.
(The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and Transform Drug Policy Foundation,not necessarily The Mannheim Centre, the J. Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust or Transform funders.) 
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This report may be reproduced in part or in full, free and without permission, on the understanding that Transform Drug Policy Foundation is credited and a link to the Transform website www.tdpf.org.uk is provided.Note: February 2006. This is the third reprint of ‘After the War on Drugs, Options for Control’, firstprinted in October 2004, reprinted in November 2004 and February 2005. There have been someminor corrections, additions, updates and editorial changes. Factual corrections are available at www.tdpf.org.uk, and a full list of changes is available on request.Transform Drug Policy Foundation, Easton Business Centre, Felix Road, Bristol BS5 0HE.Tel: 0117 941 5810.Email: info@tdpf.org.ukWeb: www.tdpf.org.ukTransform Drug Policy Foundation is a Registered Charity no.1100518 and Limited Companyno.4862177
 
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