While the new drug policy shows progress towards a more balanced and comprehensive approach, embracing harm reduction measures; it falls short on key aspects.
Criticism against safer consumption sites ignores scientific research and the lived experiences of people who use drugs, which attest to the benefits of these harm reduction interventions.
Three members will be elected, consisting the representative from each of the 3 regions: Eastern Africa, Western Africa and Southern Africa and Two members will be elected to represent the Central and Northern regions.
The campaign promotes the need to respect the human rights of those most vulnerable and marginalised, reminding all of us that people who use drugs do not lose their human rights.
The death penalty, which represents an extreme example of the perverse ways in which governments punish people suspected of involvement with illegal drug, is still being used by countries around the world including Malaysia.
