Colombia’s Ambassador Laura Gil reflects on challenging the global drug regime, breaking taboos, and building hope for a post-Prohibition future — one coalition at a time.
Voted by both houses of the Czech parliament, the bill would decriminalise cannabis home cultivation (up to 3 plants) and possession (up to 100g in private), and enable medical access to psilocybin.
With rising coca production and drug seizures jeopardising U.S. aid, Colombia faces a choice between complying with drug war demands or asserting greater independence.
The Thai government's abrupt end to cannabis decriminalisation threatens to shut down 90% of retail outlets, pushing people back into an unregulated market, without mechanisms of oversight and accountability.
The WHO’s long-overdue review of the coca leaf is a historic test of whether global drug policy can finally confront its colonial roots and uphold Indigenous rights.
These rapid-fire insights into decriminalisation reveal policy design intricacies and the need to anchor them in the lived and living experiences of currently affected communities.
On 2025 World Drug Day and Support. Don’t Punish Global Day of Action, 70 organizations call upon the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to condemn the use of the death penalty from drug related offences. In this joint statement, the signatories demand that human rights safeguards are implemented to uphold international law and standards.
Politicians in Punjab have renewed calls for a zero-tolerance approach to the drug market, but escalating harms necessitate a reorientation towards harm reduction and human rights.
