Drug war dragnet: surveillance, criminalization & freedom from the drug War

27 - 28 April 2022

Online

This conference will bring together leading thinkers to map the more invisibilized forms of drug war surveillance within civil systems.

Events 20 April 2022

Drug decriminalisation is working in Oregon. Other states should follow.

More than 16,000 people have now had access to peer support, harm reduction, evidence-based treatment, housing and job assistance thanks to the state's decriminalisation reform.

News Alerts February 10, 2022

Beyond drugs and drug policy: Towards transformative Indigenous liberation

Fighting the imperialist 'war on drugs' must be part of a much broader struggle to dismantle the multiple overlapping systems of oppression that have sought to despoil and disappear Indigenous communities worldwide.

Blog Posts September 8, 2021

United States: On 50th anniversary of “war on drugs,” new poll shows majority of voters support ending criminal penalties for drug possession, think drug war is a failure

ACLU and Drug Policy Alliance urge the Biden administration to radically shift the country's history of violence in drug policy.

News Alerts June 12, 2021

A war on research: Drug policy and 50 years of lost knowledge

21:30 24 June - 4 June 2021

Webinar

Exploring the systemic gaps in our knowledge on the circumstances in which people use drugs can help explain the war on drugs' misaligned objectives.

Events 4 June 2021

Decolonising drug policy: American exceptionalism

10 November 2021 13:00

Webinar

American exceptionalism: Why the role of the US in global drug policy must change.

Events 11 May 2021

25 organizations call for an end to U.S. support for aerial herbicide fumigation in Colombia

A return to permitting aerial spraying of glyphosate to combat Colombia's illicit drug trade would have disproportional environmental and public health repercussions.

News Alerts March 31, 2021

Turning away from the 'war on drugs'

Oregon sets an example by demonstrating how decriminalisation and readily accessible health services result in a marked decrease in drug-related harms.