Experts denounce catastrophic move that would slash safe supply programmes, consumption sites, or needle and syringe programs – all critical interventions.
This measure is a recent step in the country's drug policy shift, aiming to develop alternative livelihoods and establish a legal cannabis market for medical and industrial purposes.
IDPC recruits a communications professional to enhance the Support. Don’t Punish campaign's capacity with a strategic comms and media plan, updated resources, and targeted workshops.
Femke Halsema argues that drug policy reform through international agreement is key to addressing Amsterdam's challenges with tourism overcrowding and misconduct.
The Support. Don’t Punish campaign’s Initiatives Programme awards strategic, creative and collaborative projects to carry out ambitious campaigning and advocacy work-plans.
The expansion of a pilot allowing people in some Dutch cities to access closely regulated cannabis signifies progressive steps towards reform, but the sustainability of this momentum could be hindered by far-right opposition.
Without governmental support, Mpondoland’s traditional cultivators face stiff competition to participate in the nascent legal cannabis market in South Africa.
