Beyond increased cooperation between drug control and human rights bodies and further attention by human rights bodies and organisations to the harms of drug policy, there is a need to dismantle the idea at the heart of prohibition: that drugs are an 'evil' to be combatted.
Urgent action is needed to ensure that national systems improve access to controlled medicines for people affected by emergencies, including pandemics, and climate-related disasters.
The global pandemic of untreated pain as a side effect of almost a century of drug control, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has created a secondary public health crisis—suicides, heart attacks, and chronic conditions associated with serious health-related suffering.
The video contest is part of the #MoreThan campaign, highlighting that people who use drugs are more than the sum of all labels attached to them by society.
Plans for a regulated cannabis market in South Africa have been criticised for not going far enough in ensuring reparations and the participation of traditional farmers.
As production costs of medical cannabis are far cheaper in Europe compared to North America, many investors see this as an opportunity to import medical cannabis products into Brazil, exploiting patients' needs for profit.
The involvement of police in clinical settings may compromise the doctor-patient relationship, patient confidentiality, and the quality and safety of care that all patients deserve.
In a speech characteristically riddled with expletives and threats, Duterte rejected offering accountability for the thousands of extrajudicial killings in the country's 'war on drugs'.
The seven principles hinge on: human rights-compliance, meaningful engagement, focus on risks and harms, pragmatism, person-centredness, evidence, and accountability.
A local / regional supply source, in a conducive policy context, can go a long way reducing the barriers in access to controlled medicines for palliative care.
