The launch of the report brought together over 60 representatives from civil society, community networks and public authorities, prompting a discussion on the need to end rights-violating practices against people who use drugs.

Claudia Cardona (Mujeres Libres) analiza un proyecto de ley en Colombia que busca reducir el encarcelamiento de las mujeres cabeza de familia.

Despite significant enduring challenges, Thailand's criminal justice reforms offer promise in a region marked by highly punitive responses to drug use and related activities.

Through presentations, debate and exercises, judges familiarised themselves with new law and suggested additions to the guidelines to reduce uncertainty in the implementation.

Governments and UN entities must take up their “historical responsibility” and reform drug policies ensuring that human rights are front and centre. At this juncture, with the drug war’s harms laid bare, anything less would be unconscionable.

The question of ‘when change is going to finally happen’ will continue to be a difficult one. But we can confidently say that thanks to Support. Don't Punish campaigners' shared and steadfast commitment, it is much closer than it was 10 years ago.

La decisión de la Suprema Corte mexicana desdice su postura sobre la inconstitucionalidad de la prohibición absoluta del uso personal de cannabis.

Tensions flared between CND Member States as Russia and Latvia clashed over leadership of financial and governance working group overseeing UNODC's work.

Recent policy developments suggest an acknowledgement of the need to pare down the harmful impacts of punitive drug policies, but fall short from embracing international standards.

Ghana's model of depenalisation means that police officers will retain enforcement powers, but responses will hinge on administrative penalties and diversion.

Fighting the imperialist 'war on drugs' must be part of a much broader struggle to dismantle the multiple overlapping systems of oppression that have sought to despoil and disappear Indigenous communities worldwide.

Communities already experiencing intersecting forms of marginalisation should be given special attention as the COVID-19 response continues to be rolled out.

As long as UNODC continues to carefully and deliberately hold back from mentioning the harmful impact of states’ own drug policies, we cannot trust the agency to communicate all the facts.

A minority of African nations with diplomatic representation in Vienna has stifled the continent's voice for progressive drug policy reform.

The ever flimsy veil of consensus continues to fall away as the weight of the damage and failure of punitive drug policies becomes ever more undeniable.

Accessible and evidence-based treatment services for people experiencing difficulties in relation to their drug use are rare in Thailand. Investment in a public health approach, departing from harmful and costly punitive responses, is urgently needed.

Besides the material losses and psychological impact of the demolition of ROG, this action speaks of the deteriorating conditions for community and civic mobilisation in Slovenia.

En un espíritu de solidaridad con nuestra membresía, organizaciones socias, donantes y amigos, continuamos nuestra lucha por la justicia social, por los derechos humanos y para poner fin a la dañina "guerra contra las drogas".

El mantenimiento de las respuestas penales, la sobrerregulación del consumo y las barreras de entrada al mercado evidencian un marco que favorece a los sectores más privilegiados.

Ecuador plantea un reglamento para la regulación del cannabis con fines comerciales que prioriza a los grandes capitales y afianza respuestas punitivas al cultivo para uso personal.