The 2016 World Drug Report does little to acknowledge the need for new approaches in dealing with drug policy issues through the lens of human rights and public health.
Poor and marginalized women are vulnerable to being sucked into the drug trade. The Indonesian government ignores the conditions that trigger the involvement of everyday people in drug trafficking.
Research finds women were illegally arrested and raped to justify war on drugs and only a handful of perpetrators in law enforcement have been prosecuted.
Drug law reformers are pushing ahead with Australia's first supervised ice smoking room, in a move which directly contradicts the NSW Government's stance on such a centre.
Turkey’s move from illicit to licit opium production demonstrates that an orderly transition with a range of benefits for the producer country is possible.
