Malawi : Une plateforme plaide en faveur de réformes des politiques en matière de drogues

La coalition de la société civile souligne que les défis en lien avec les drogues sont de nature sociale et nécessitent des approches axées sur la réduction des risques plutôt que sur la criminalisation. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

By Lucky Mkandawire, The Nation

A consortium of organisations is pushing for drug policy reforms for the country to have a more humane and health-based response approach to negative consequences of the war against drugs.

The Drug Policy and Harm Reduction Platform (DPHRP) says as drug debates evolve, more countries are realising that penalising people who use drugs (Pwuds) is an excessive approach, as such, there is need for alternative approaches.

DPHRP board chairperson Undule Mwakasungula observed that Malawi has not been spared from negative consequences of the war on drugs that have proven ineffective in reducing the scale of the drug market.

“These consequences have negatively impacted on Inadequately Served Populations [ISPs] such as Pwuds with severe human rights violations directly related to criminalisation and stigmatisation targeted at even women mostly sex workers and prisoners,” he said.