Il est temps pour l’Asie de se joindre au débat sur les politiques en matière de drogues

Les responsables politiques en Asie envisagent sérieusement d'adopter des programmes de réduction des risques. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

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Drug policy reform used to be a topic avoided by most politicians. Now, however, there is a growing global consensus that the so-called "war on drugs" has failed. It has been ineffective in reducing drug use and it has reaped a devastating and counter productive impact on both human security and public health. Drug policy reform has now become the challenge policymakers can no longer hide from.

There is a perceptible shift among decision-makers in the region to consider adopting harm-reduction programmes for drug reform and control, write Asma Jahangir and Michel Kazatchkine

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