hn-classics/_stories/2009/15859852.md

---
created_at: '2017-12-06T09:51:14.000Z'
title: 'After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation (2009)'
url: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/resources/publications/after-war-drugs-blueprint-regulation
author: MrsPeaches
points: 43
story_text: 
comment_text: 
num_comments: 28
story_id: 
story_title: 
story_url: 
parent_id: 
created_at_i: 1512553874
_tags:
- story
- author_MrsPeaches
- story_15859852
objectID: '15859852'
year: 2009

---
[Source](http://www.tdpf.org.uk/resources/publications/after-war-drugs-blueprint-regulation "Permalink to After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation | Transform: Getting Drugs Under Control")

# After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation | Transform: Getting Drugs Under Control

[Jump to navigation][1]

Signup to our newsletter

[Donate today][2]

* [twitter][3]
* [facebook][4]

![ Homepage][5]

## Search form

Search 

* [About Transform][6]
* [Blog][7]
* [Contact][8]
* [The Case for Reform][9]
* [Advocacy][10]
* [Policy & Publications][11]
* [Get Involved][12]
* [Shop][13]

You are here: 

## You are here

1. [Home][14] › 
2. After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation

# After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation

icon here

[Download PDF ][15](3.02 MB)

[Link to click][16]

![][17]

[Link to click][16]

* [Buy a hard copy of the book >][18]
* [Download the executive summary >][19]

There is a growing recognition around the world that the prohibition of drugs is a counterproductive failure. However, a major barrier to drug law reform has been a widespread fear of the unknown – how could drugs be made safely available after prohibition ends?

For the first time, 'After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for Regulation' answers that question by proposing specific models of regulation for each main type of currently prohibited drug.

We demonstrate that legal regulation is not an unthinkable, politically impossible step in the dark, but a sensible, pragmatic approach to control drug production, supply and use.

 

**Media coverage for Blueprint**

[War on drugs: bring out the peace pipe][20] - The Guardian | 18 August 2010

[An Alternative to the War on Drugs][21] - The British Medical Journal | July 2010

[Sell drugs in shops - think tank][22] - BBC News | 12 November 2009

[En la hora de la legalización de las drogas][23] - El Universal | 4 August 2010

[Fresh thinking in the war on drugs][24] - Reuters | 3 October 2009

['Should drugs be regulated?'][25] - BBC Radio 4 Today Programme (interview with Transform's Steve Rolles) | 14 November 2009

[Newshour][26] - BBC World Service (Steve Rolles discusses drug policy reform with President Nixon's former Drug Tsar) | 21 November 2009

[¿Cocaína para beber?][27] - El Spectador | 21 November 2009

 

**Watch Steve Rolles, the author of Blueprint, discussing the book on CNN**

 

![][28]

## [Policy & Publications][11]

* [Publications][29]
* [Video Debating Guide][30]
* [The 'War on Drugs'][31]
* [Legal Regulation][32]
* [The Benefits of Legal Regulation][33]
* [Concerns about Legal Regulation][34]
* [Drug Policy Timeline][35]
* [Glossary of Terms][36]
* [Supporters of Reform][37]
* [YouTube Channel][38]
* [Cookies & Privacy][39]
* [Sitemap][40]
* [Terms & Conditions][41]
* [twitter][3]
* [facebook][4]
* [About Transform][6]
* [Blog][7]
* [Contact][8]

© Transform Drug Policy Foundation 2018

[1]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk#main-menu
[2]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/donate
[3]: https://twitter.com/TransformDrugs
[4]: https://www.facebook.com/transformdrugs
[5]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/sites/default/files/logo_1.png
[6]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/about-transform
[7]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/blog
[8]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/contact
[9]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/case-for-reform
[10]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/advocacy ""
[11]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/resources
[12]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/get-involved
[13]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/get-involved/shop
[14]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/
[15]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/sites/default/files/Blueprint.pdf
[16]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/modal_forms/nojs/webform/39
[17]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/sites/default/files/Blueprint.gif
[18]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/get-involved/shop#!/~/product/category=7047155&id=29994228
[19]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/sites/default/files/Blueprint%20Exec%20Summary%20A5%202016%20ONLINE.pdf
[20]: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/18/war-on-drugs-abuse-decriminalisation
[21]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/BMJ%20Analysis%20full.pdf
[22]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8357082.stm
[23]: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eluniversal.com.mx%2Feditoriales%2F49310.html&anno=2
[24]: http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/09/03/fresh-thinking-on-the-war-on-drugs/
[25]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8360000/8360147.stm
[26]: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0053fc5
[27]: http://www.elespectador.com/impreso/internacional/articuloimpreso173453-cocaina-beber
[28]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/sites/default/files/Supporter%20screenshot.png
[29]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/resources/publications ""
[30]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/resources/video-debating-guide
[31]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/resources/war-drugs
[32]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/resources/legal-regulation
[33]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/resources/benefits-legal-regulation
[34]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/resources/concerns-about-legal-regulation
[35]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/resources/drug-policy-timeline
[36]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/resources/glossary-terms
[37]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/resources/supporters-of-reform
[38]: https://www.youtube.com/user/transformdrugs ""
[39]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/cookies-privacy
[40]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/sitemap
[41]: http://www.tdpf.org.uk/terms-conditions