The event raised important points for discussion on the interactions between drug policy, harm reduction and development with a view to the upcoming UNGASS.
The government is examining the proposition to allow drug testing for purity at festivals and clubs as a move towards a harm reduction focused approach to the drug problem.
MAPS Founder speaks with psychedelic research advocates about psychedelic science, MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, and the prospect of making psychedelics legally available for medicinal purposes during a panel discussion at the 2015 International Drug Policy Reform Conference.
Civil society organisations denounce the absence of harm reduction in the first draft of the UNGASS outcome document represents a step backwards from previously agreed language.
VICE discusses the shortfalls of the soon-to-be enacted Psychoactive Substances Bill, including how it could push the drugs market further into obscurity.
The Executive Director of Ghana's NACOB discusses the need for the country to create a legal framework for the provision of opioid substitution therapy.
In the build-up to the UNGASS on the world drug problem, West African leaders want to chart a new course in the fight against drugs, amidst consensus that the current war on drugs has failed.
