Japan is alone among G7 nations in maintaining a highly punitive approach to drug use that perpetuates harm, stigma and suffering, while at the same time proclaiming adherence to a ‘rules-based international order’ where human rights abuses are condemned.
In the absence of a clear legal framework to regulate supply, Thailand has witnessed a deluge of cannabis smuggled in from abroad, driving down wholesale prices and hurting growers.
A heroin drought would create fertile ground for the proliferation of riskier synthetic opioids, which adds to the value of investing in a regulated safe supply for all who need it.
At this year's CND, Ghana's recent drug policy reforms set an important precedent of how approaches to drug policy led by health and human rights priorities can prevail over the failed 'war on drugs' approach.
Singapore's new highly punitive legislative framework, designed to tackle new psychoactive substances, sees the maximum jail sentence for drug possession increase to 30 years, three times the previous maximum.
The impacts of the ‘war on drugs’ on environmental, Indigenous, and human rights create space for drug policy reform advocates to deepen solidarity with people resisting on the ground.
In a bid to reduce the informal market and make cannabis use as safe as possible, Germany is set to become the first European country to fully legalise cannabis for adult use.
Frequently overlooked, mature women and gender-diverse people who use drugs face significant stigma and barriers to accessing services that are often insufficient for their needs.
Through the use of their mobile safe consumption room, harm reduction organisation Fixpunkt provides much need support for homeless people who use crack cocaine
The INCB's biased representation of the impacts of cannabis regulation and lack of engagement with constructive ideas to overcome its legal tensions with international law do nothing to address a growing global trend toward legally-regulated drug markets.
Throughout this three-day immersive course, you will examine how drug control policies impact sustainable development and how it closely relates with public health and human rights.
