В то время как гражданское общество и глобальные эксперты объединились для участия в 26-й Международной конференции по снижению вреда, 334 НПО призывают международное сообщество разрешить продолжающийся глобальный кризис в сфере здравоохранения и прав человека среди людей, употребляющих наркотики.
Due to domestic party disagreement, the Democrats were unable to pass a bill to legalise cannabis and that to many was an 'urgent' civil rights issue and an opportunity to deal with the consequences of the war on drugs on minorities.
Mass incarceration, compulsory detention and executions have only compounded drug-related challenges, leaving those in situations of vulnerability worse off.
Across 56 countries and territories the death penalty, in many cases, is still arbitrarily applied - with Egypt executing 9 political prisoners on the 20th of February whilst Iran continues to execute children.
