O congresso 'Drogas, Política e Cultura: Perspectivas Brasil México' (5-6 de Outubro de 2015) concluiu com uma forte declaração em contra das "consequências indesejadas" do regime internacional de controle de droga.
Neglecting a developmental approach to drug policies has led to myriad consequences, from environmental degradation and crime to destabilization and displacement.
Ann Fordham, IDPC Executive Director, was one of the panellists at the Human Rights Council panel on human rights and drug policy, and focused her intervention on the impacts of drug control on civil and political rights, in particular the issue of the death penalty.
On 11 and 12 September 2015 opium farmers and representatives of opium farming communities from Kayah State, Shan State, Kachin State and Chin State, came together in Upper Myanmar to discuss the drug policies affecting their lives.
After a heated debate, French senators have decided to approve an experimental project to provide a safer environment for drug users, in order to prevent death and disease.
The Rolleston Award is an annual award given to an individual or organisation whose contribution to reducing the harms from psychoactive substances has international significance.
Ecuador's National Council for Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances (Consep) has announced a new scale to use to differentiate between drug users, microtraffickers and large scale traffickers when handing down prison sentences.
The 2013 UN Special Rapporteur on Torture found that severe abuses in health care settings amount to cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment, and even torture, it further pointed out that denial of care is also an issue.