ICASA 2021 is an important opportunity to advance the HIV response by centring the importance of rights-affirming harm-reducing responses to the epidemic among people who use drugs.

FADCA research the social, health and economic ramifications of drug policy, with a particular focus on young users.

The Liberia chapter of the West Africa Drug Policy Network (WADPN) is saddened by the action of the government of Liberia to raid ghettos without considering the consequences of the action.

The Liberian public health law emphasises criminalization of illicit drug usage punishable by imprisonment without rehabilitation.

A Technical Coordinating Group was created to tackle national public policy issues, including drug use and organised crime.

This analysis suggests that the new legislation in Liberia is a step in the wrong direction. Instead of adopting a right-based approach wherein drug use would be seen primarily as a public health issue and where law-enforcement initiatives would focus on high-level traffickers rather than…