A call to attention to the plight of millions of people living with viral hepatitis and their need for improved health care and government response to this crisis.
The ‘war on drugs’ was constructed as a solution to concerns related to public health, violence and organised crime; all of which have been worsened by this approach.
When grounded in a health and human rights approach, decriminalisation provides an enabling legal framework that promotes, protects and fulfils the right to health of people who use drugs.