Over 100 human rights groups urge UN to demand Sri Lanka halt executions of drug offenders

Lifting the country’s 43-year moratorium would be a major human rights setback.

News Alerts June 27, 2019

Brazil Statement at HR19

The war on drugs has always been a war against people, against public health, against human rights and against science.

News Alerts May 14, 2019

POTUS Donald Trump says China has no drug problem

China Business Times

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Coverage March 6, 2019

White House priorities opioid abuse in first national drug control strategy

"It lacks imagination, urgency or any real innovation when it comes to tackling one of the biggest crises of our time -- the overdose crisis," (M.Collins, Drug Policy Alliance)

News Alerts February 11, 2019

International Drug Policy Reform Conference 2019

6 - 9 November 2019

St Louis, MO, United States

The Conference is a biennial event that brings together people from around the world who believe that the war on drugs must end

Events 15 November 2018

Trump administration plans U.N. meeting to ramp up the International Drug War

Circumventing UN protocol, the UN has invited countries to sign a "Call to Action" reminiscent of pre-UNGASS.

News Alerts September 20, 2018

California Senate passes landmark safe consumption site bill

Building on years of community advocacy, the law aims to curb the increasing number of overdose deaths in San Francisco.

News Alerts September 17, 2018

United states: Women, prison, and the drug war

DPA suggests drug law enforcement disproportionately targets minority groups, specifically focusing on how it affects women, over men in the United States.

Publications June 12, 2018

The opposite of D.A.R.E – DPA launches new high school drug education curriculum in a NYC School

Safety First started out as a resource for parents to talk to their teens about drugs and has now evolved into a curriculum designed to be implemented in 9th and 10th grade high school health classes.

News Alerts April 12, 2018

Child welfare: the unintended consequence of the War on Drugs

09:00 13 March - 12:00 9 March 2018

New York, United States

This panel will focus on the intersection of child welfare policy and drugs. From the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s to the current opioid crisis to growing acceptance of marijuana use, race and socioeconomic status have shaped reactions to drug use and the consequences for parents and their…

Events 9 March 2018

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