21 February 2020Prison needle exchanges in Canada driven by security, not health concerns, federal watchdog says in critical reportCanada’s prison needle exchange is failing to achieve its goals due to a lack of trust in the program by both staff and prisoners.
21 February 2020The influence of drugs on murder rates in the UK is being overstatedEstimates of murder rates linked to drugs are affected by unreliable testing as well as by other social causes.
21 February 2020Cannabis legalisation has arrived in Europe: Civil society should not be silentAs the legal regulation of cannabis becomes progressively imminent, civil society must have a say in the way it is implemented.
21 February 2020Call for expressions of interest - Upcoming issue of the IJDP: Negotiating tensions and conflicts in drug user activism and scholarshipThe IJDP invites submissions from people with lived experience to reflect on how drug use has featured as part of their personal lives and informed their public engagement.
21 February 2020Why don’t we just… regulate MDMA?MDMA-related deaths are on the rise, however, governments have actively blocked science-based policy change.
21 February 2020The Jamaica deportations reveal the racial injustice of the UK's drug lawsRacism in drug control is apparent in the differentiated application of the law and narratives of people criminalised for drug offences.
21 February 2020OHCHR call for contributions: Report on the death penaltyThe United Nations call for NGOs to submit information about recent developments on the death penalty to OHCHR.
21 February 2020The costs of restarting aerial coca spraying in ColombiaThe short-term gains in reduced cultivated surface are far offset by the risks related to health, the environment and social discord.
21 February 2020The time has come for Indonesia to decriminalize drugsDraconian punishments, such as the death penalty, have only worsened health and social outcomes.
21 February 2020Rethinking drug policy: Why ‘Just Say No Campaign’ is failing?Evidence-based prevention has nothing to do with the fear-based programmes often deployed in schools.
21 February 2020Matters of substance: Video seriesThe Drug Policy Alliance encapsulates key drug policy concepts in short animated videos.
25 February 2020The role of civil society in the development and implementation of drug policies on prevention, treatment and social reintegrationThe INCB highlights the fundamental role of civil society engagement in the development and implementation of drug policies.