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1 October 2024

Know your rights: On drug laws for Indigenous people who use drugs

The HIV Legal Network highlight the deep-rooted colonialism and racism underpinning Canada's drug laws, offering Indigenous people who use drugs crucial knowledge about their legal rights and protections.

26 September 2024

Righting a historical wrong: The UN review of the international status of the coca leaf

IDPC provides background information on the scheduling of the coca leaf in the international drug control treaties, outlines the ECDD coca review process, and makes the human rights case for the removal of the plant from the treaty schedules.

26 September 2024

Trouble in Afghanistan’s opium fields: The Taliban's war on drugs

The International Crisis Group warns of devastating effects for impoverished farmers impacted by the Taliban's new anti-narcotics campaign and opium ban, and calls for economic support.

25 September 2024

Cambodia: Barriers to accessing alternatives to incarceration for women and young people who use drugs

IDPC presents an analysis of the available alternatives to incarceration to show some of the barriers and challenges to accessing non-custodial measures.

24 September 2024

Joint submission to the UN CESCR regarding opioid agonist therapy (OAT) and human rights in Poland

IDPC, EHRA, HRI, and HFHR highlight the challenges facing harm reduction and drug dependence treatment in Poland as well as recommendations for reform.

18 September 2024

4th Brandenburg Forum in Geneva: Towards transformative change in human rights-based drug policy - Meeting report

The Forum addressed environmental, human rights and public health issues related to drug policy, as well as related international progress and opportunities for cooperation.

17 September 2024

Cannabis policy reform in West Africa needs to be inclusive

Klantschnig et al. examine the intersection of cannabis and sociocultural livelihoods across West Africa, recommending rights and public health based policy reform.

17 September 2024

Cannabis policy in Kenya: A call for an informed and inclusive national debate

Carrier et al. emphasise the religious, social and cultural importance of cannabis to Kenyan livelihoods and encourage further evaluation of cannabis policy to inform future action.lihoods, encouraging further evaluation of cannabis policy national debate.

17 September 2024

South African cannabis policy: Policy reform must balance public health, economic interests, and social justice

Howell et al. highlight the need for South Africa’s evolving cannabis policy to strike a delicate balance between public health, economic interests, and social justice amidst rural cultivation and thriving illicit markets.

16 September 2024

The false promises of Oregon’s drug recriminalisation - Factsheet

Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) explains the decriminalisation model in Oregon, its reversal after a misinformation campaign, and the costs and harms of recriminalisation.

16 September 2024

Summary of the intersessional panel discussion on human rights challenges in addressing and countering all aspects of the world drug problem - Report of the OHCHR

The OHCHR summarises discussions on the need for a rights- and evidence- based approach to drug policy, including decriminalisation, harm reduction, legal regulation and structural changes to the global drug control regime.

15 September 2024

Drug market risk environment and navigational strategies of street-level dealers in Nigeria

Nelson et al. investigate the many tactics street dealers use to mitigate risks of police harassment, arrest, and violence, and call on the government to focus on systemic rather than law enforcement solutions.