Civil society organisations urge UNODC Director, Ghada Waly, to call on Member States to change drug policies and practices to fulfil the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and to place human rights at the centre of all dimensions of UNODC’s work.
The profiles of incarcerated women are remarkably similar: most are mothers, often single heads of household, who come from situations of vulnerability.
The war on drugs feeds into a racist system that concentrates power in service of whiteness, perpetuating violence and exclusion against Black communities.
The proposal would regulate the licensing of production, distribution and retail activities; as well as growers' cooperatives and individual cultivation for personal use.
Drug-related harms are compounded, not reduced, by drug policing and related criminalisation, which already harms women in a number of specific, pervasive ways.
IDPC joins over 30 civil society organisations in urging international drug control bodies to call on the Saudi Arabian government to immediately halt executions for drug offences.
Christopher Hallam highlights insights from his research into the early days of drug cultures in London, and the development of their control by British authorities.
A legislative proposal in Argentina aims at reducing recidivism within formerly imprisoned women by tackling the debilitating challenges experienced in finding stable employment and housing due to stigma.
Contrary to prohibition, which favours higher potency products in the interest of maximising profits, legal regulation can ensure a careful balance to protect public health.
