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Belarus amends its drug legislation: What it really means for people caught with drugs

In a joint statement, released by the mother’s group and the Legalize Belarus civil movement on 30th May, activists identified a number of key points for meaningful drug policy reform.

26 de junio de 2019

Por Piotr MarkiełaŭLegalize Belarus

English

Support. Don’t Punish – Global solidarity grows to end the drug war

Today, we stand together from Amsterdam to Nairobi to Buenos Aires to New York to Bangkok and raise our collective voices that will not be silenced to loudly clamour for an end to repression and punishment as instruments of drug control.

26 de junio de 2019

Por Ann FordhamExecutive Director

English

Road to 2030: Concrete actions to scale up human rights-based approaches to harm reduction

Harm reduction services are essential to reduce the burden of disease among people who inject drugs.

17 de junio de 2019English

The beginning of a new decade for global drug policies

The 2019 Ministerial Segment laid bare some of the frictions at the heart of the international consensus on drug policy, also highlighting pending tasks.

3 de junio de 2019

Por Marie NougierHead of Research and Communications

Por Jamie BridgeChief Operating Officer

English

Medical cannabis moving ahead in Thailand, but who stands to benefit?

The legal regulation of cannabis for medical and research purposes is a step in the right direction, but the continued criminalisation of people who use cannabis and the restrictive understanding of medical uses might hinder access and create new challenges.

14 de mayo de 2019English

De la prisión a Naciones Unidas

Para que las políticas públicas evolucionen, tienen también que evolucionar quienes las implementan.

10 de mayo de 2019

5 cosas que aprendimos en la reunión sobre drogas de la ONU este año

El equipo de Drugreporter asistió a la Comisión de Estupefacientes de la ONU. Lea algunos mensajes claves y vea algunos videos que produjeron aquí.

8 de abril de 2019

Por Peter SarosiRights Reporter Foundation

The ‘tough on crime’ approach to drug policy in Europe: Has anything changed?

Even though there is evidence that we are moving towards a less punitive approach to drug policy, there is still so much more to be done in terms of harm reduction interventions and the effectiveness of the current drug policies.

5 de abril de 2019English

Campesinos: discriminados e invisibles - La declaración de los derechos del campesinado y los cultivadores de plantas prohibidas.

La Declaración de derechos del campesino ofrece una herramienta para reivindicar los derechos, y vulneraciones específicas, del campesinado que trabaja con plantas consideradas ilícitas.

6 de marzo de 2019

Por Pedro ArenasRepresentative of farmers of crops deemed illicit (Observatorio de cultivos y cultivadores declarados ilícitos)

Why we should care about global drug policy advocacy – Gearing up for the 2019 Ministerial Segment

In a geo-political context vastly different from the ‘mood of change’ that had characterised the 2016 UNGASS debate, it is critical that reform-minded NGOs keep the pressure on both governments and the UN – and continued advocacy at the UN level to challenge the international regime to retain the…

25 de febrero de 2019

Por Ann FordhamExecutive Director

Por Marie NougierHead of Research and Communications

English

Tramadol: Three cheers for the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence

Despite the pressure from some Members States and the INCB, the WHO-ECDD came to a decision based on public health.

6 de febrero de 2019

Por Christopher Hallam

English

The Constitutional Court of South Africa's ruling on cannabis - A tipping point on the tip of Africa

The ruling of the South African Constitutional Court regarding the unconstitutionality of full cannabis prohibition challenges the country's status quo, and raises the debate on which regulatory models should be followed.

9 de enero de 2019English

Cracks in the 'Vienna consensus' reach breaking point at drugs 'omnibus' resolution in New York

Cracks in this well-trodden system have long been apparent in Vienna but finally reached a breaking point in an unlikely place – New York – as negotiations for the annual resolution “International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem” (also known as the drugs “omnibus”…

5 de diciembre de 2018

Por Heather HaaseConsultant: New York

English

Can Indonesia and Southeast Asia afford to lose another decade to the war on drugs?

In light of the 2019 review, the blog post examines what impact a sustained zero drug tolerance approach might have on Southeast Asia.

29 de noviembre de 2018

Por Ann FordhamExecutive Director

English

‘Public health’, ‘social solidarity’ and a modern Greek tragedy…

The 2011-2012 HIV outbreak among people who inject drugs in Greece might have subsided, but the structural conditions that facilitated it are still very much in place.

19 de noviembre de 2018English

Criminalising pain? Scheduling tramadol would hurt those most in need

Axel Klein and Maria-Goretti Ane-Loglo discuss why scheduling tramadol would compound, not solve, West Africa's difficulties in managing the informal market.

29 de octubre de 2018

Por Maria-Goretti AneIDPC Consultant: Africa

Por Axel KleinSenior Research Fellow at the Global Drug Policy Observatory, University of Swansea

English

Drugs, crime and punishment: Women and the need for access to justice

IDPC and project partners have presented a series of policy guides to advocate reforms in drug and sentencing policies in South East Asia aiming to reduce incarceration and protect the rights of the incarcerated.

25 de octubre de 2018English

Taking stock of a decade of failed drug policies

Next March, we hope that governments will acknowledge the disastrous human rights impacts of the last decade (and beyond) and openly admit that there is no progress to speak of towards eliminating the global drug market.

22 de octubre de 2018

Por Ann FordhamExecutive Director

English

What Kofi Annan learnt about drugs that Trump seems to ignore...

The divergence between the Commission’s progressing stance on legal regulation and Trump’s Global Call to Action reminds us of the many obstacles facing drug policy reform. But it is also a promising reminder of the waning hegemony of the war on drugs rhetoric.

25 de septiembre de 2018

Por Juan Fernandez OchoaCampaigns and Communications Officer

English

Trump to host UN meeting on drug policy: Veneer of consensus masks deep disagreement on global drug policy

Far from an effort at achieving mutual understanding and genuine consensus on drug policy, the "Global Call to Action" is yet another instance of heavy-handed U.S. “with us or against us” diplomacy.

21 de septiembre de 2018

Por Martin Jelsma

Por John Walsh

Por Hannah HetzerDrug Policy Alliance

Por Ann FordhamExecutive Director

English

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International Drug Policy Consortium

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Belarus amends its drug legislation: What it really means for people caught with drugs

Support. Don’t Punish – Global solidarity grows to end the drug war

Road to 2030: Concrete actions to scale up human rights-based approaches to harm reduction

The beginning of a new decade for global drug policies

Medical cannabis moving ahead in Thailand, but who stands to benefit?

De la prisión a Naciones Unidas

5 cosas que aprendimos en la reunión sobre drogas de la ONU este año

The ‘tough on crime’ approach to drug policy in Europe: Has anything changed?

Campesinos: discriminados e invisibles - La declaración de los derechos del campesinado y los cultivadores de plantas prohibidas.

Why we should care about global drug policy advocacy – Gearing up for the 2019 Ministerial Segment

Tramadol: Three cheers for the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence

The Constitutional Court of South Africa's ruling on cannabis - A tipping point on the tip of Africa

Cracks in the 'Vienna consensus' reach breaking point at drugs 'omnibus' resolution in New York

Can Indonesia and Southeast Asia afford to lose another decade to the war on drugs?

‘Public health’, ‘social solidarity’ and a modern Greek tragedy…

Criminalising pain? Scheduling tramadol would hurt those most in need

Drugs, crime and punishment: Women and the need for access to justice

Taking stock of a decade of failed drug policies

What Kofi Annan learnt about drugs that Trump seems to ignore...

Trump to host UN meeting on drug policy: Veneer of consensus masks deep disagreement on global drug policy

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