Both Perry Kendall and Donald MacPherson call for long-term public health approaches, such as decriminalisation, as opposed to short term law enforcement on British Colombia's drug policy.
375 civil society groups, including prominent human rights NGOs, from across the globe have called on UN drug control authorities to urge an immediate stop to the extrajudicial killings of suspected drug offenders in the Philippines.
Civil society groups from all over the world have released a statement condemning governments for failing to acknowledge the devastating consequences of punitive and repressive drug policies as they prepare for a UN summit on the issue next month.
