New publications

Alternative Development: A Global Thematic Evaluation

This evaluation reviews UNODC's work on alternative development in Asian and Latin American countries. It also includes the results of case studies addressing alternative development interventions in Peru and Thailand.

The travaux préparatoires for the elaboration of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto

This publication offers background information on the negotiations that led to the adoption of the Convention and its protocols on trafficking in persons, smuggling of migrants and firearms.

Methods on impurity profiling in heroin and cocaine

This publication complements United Nations manuals on recommended methods for testing opium, morphine, heroin and cocaine.

Colour tests for precursor chemicals of amphetamine-type substances: The use of colour tests for distinguishing between ephedrine-derivatives (SCITEC/20)

A simple chemical method using three familiar colour tests is presented to differentiate ephedrine, norephedrine, pseudoephedrine and other related ephedrine derivatives.

Recommended methods for testing various drugs (ST/NAR series)

Six publications in UNODC's blue manual series are now available in Russian. These manuals describe recommended methods for the analysis of drugs such as benzodiazepine, LSD, methaqualone and psilocybin.