Interventions, Policies and Evidence: Taking an Experimental Look at International Drug Control

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THE AUTHORS

Glberto Gerra, MD, has been Chief, Drug Prevention and Health Branch, Division of Operations, at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) since 2007. He received his medical degree from the University of Parma, Italy, in 1981 and is a specialist in endocrinology. He has taught at numerous universities in Italy on neurology and addiction medicine and was Director of the Drug Addiction Treatment Centre and the Addiction Research Centre in Parma. He served as a member of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) and was a consultant to the National Department on Drug Policy, Rome. He is a member of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE), the Board of the Italian Society on Dug Addiction (SITD), and the scientific committee of the Federation of Dependence Treatment professionals in Italy (Feder.Ser.D). He is author and/or co-author of many articles in the field of psychobiology of substance abuse, psychoneuroendocrinology, and clinical pharmacology (more than 100 on scientific peer reviewed journals).

Sandeep Chawla, PhD, is Director, Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). He has been Chief of Research at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) since 1994 and since then he has led the development of UNODC's research and analysis capabilities. The systematic publication of research findings, analytical studies, statistics, and annual estimates of the extent of illicit drug production, trafficking, and abuse, reflected in the World Drug Report, the annual Global Illicit Drug Trends publications, the Studies on Drugs and Crime series, and the annual Illicit Crop Survey reports, all occurred during this period. He is the Editor of the United Nations Bulletin on Narcotics, which is one of the oldest journals in the field, having been in continuous publication since 1949.