HRI, IDPC and CDPE shed light on the impacts of punitive drug policies on racialised communities, including in relation to policing and criminalisation, and to limited access to health, harm reduction, treatment and social services.
The resources spent on policing, prisons and fear-based prevention should go instead into systems of care and support for people to live healthier and more meaningful lives.
24 human rights experts co-sign this compelling call for Member States and international bodies to supersede their current drug policies with a comprehensive, restorative and reintegrative justice approach.
The US athlete is the latest target of the country's 'war on drugs', which serves corruption, social and political control, and the geo-political manoeuvres of the Kremlin.