International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD)

INPUD is a global network of people who use and have used drugs. INPUD has an evolving regional network structure and also strong ties with a number of national and local drug user organisations. A key role of the organisation is to support people who use drugs to access and take part in international policy processes.

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2025 World Drug Day: UNODC and CND must take urgent action to end unlawful use of the death penalty for drug-related offences

On 2025 World Drug Day and Support. Don’t Punish Global Day of Action, 70 organizations call upon the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to condemn the use of the death penalty from drug related offences. In this joint statement, the signatories demand that human rights safeguards are implemented to uphold international law and standards.

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Support. Don’t Punish: Advancing towards a health and human rights-based approach to drug policy

Geneva, Switzerland

27 June 2025

This event will explore how harm reduction and human rights can shape drug policy reform, against the backdrop of debates on the matter at the Human Rights Council and the Support. Don't Punish Global Day of Action.

Publications8 June 2025

The human cost of policy shifts: The fallout of US foreign aid cuts on harm reduction programming and people who use drugs

INPUD warns that abrupt US foreign aid cuts have devastated harm reduction services, leaving people who use drugs without life-saving care, triggering service collapse, job losses, and a looming human rights crisis.

Publications7 April 2025

The human cost of policy shifts: The fallout of US foreign aid cuts on harm reduction programming and people who use drugs

INPUD's survey highlights the devastating effects of foreign aid cuts on harm reduction programming and community networks, calling for emergency funding mechanisms, increased domestic support and intensified advocacy.

News4 March 2025

Documenting the early impact of the US foreign aid directives on harm reduction programming

Aid cuts disrupt harm reduction services and imperil lives — share your experience to bring the evidence to the upcoming UN CND.

News21 November 2024

Abolish mandatory sentencing and all extreme punitive responses - Joint statement to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

IDPC co-signs joint statement at the 57th session of the Human Rights Council urging sentencing reform for drug offences, including abolishing the death penalty and mandatory sentences.

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Low dead space syringes: Analysis and benefits for people who inject drugs

21 March 2024

This discussion will explore the uses and benefits of LDSS syringes for people who inject drugs.

News31 January 2024

Sri Lanka: Stop abusive anti-drug operation and release those arbitrarily detained

IDPC joins over 30 organisations worldwide calling for a stop to the Yukthiya operation, the end of compulsory centres and arbitrary detention, and resources for evidence-based treatment and care.

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Narcofeminist Advocacy at CEDAW

1 December 2023

This webinar explores what a narcofeminist perspective on human rights would look like, and which political and policy demands it centres.

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