The Irish College of General Practitioners and the Irish Pharmacy Union said that drug use should be decriminalised and paired with health-based interventions to combat rising rates of drug-related death.
Communities must unite against the political weaponisation of the overdose crisis and defend human-rights-focused solutions such as decriminalisation and harm reduction.
Collectif Urgence Toxida (CUT) report the outcomes of the Support. Don't Punish 2024 Conference in Mauritius, which unpacked harm reduction strategies, called for urgent drug policy reform in the nation and highlighted decriminalisation best practices.
Deputy Minister Lukanisman said decriminalisation challenges stigma, facilitates access to health services, and tackles social injustice and called on international leaders to consider this policy.
Responding to expanding coca cultivation in Central America with policies like forced eradication could create potential devasting harm for communities and ecological systems.
IDPC and partners urge the Council to tackle rampant human rights abuses committed in the name of drug control by engaging meaningfully with policy reform.
