HPA explores the advantages associated with a regulated Cannabis market and the potential benefits it could bring to public services in the UK, such as the NHS.
Health Poverty Action urges the UK government to address the root causes of the illicit drugs trade, rather than compounding related problems through punishment.
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.
This paper by Health Poverty Action and IDPC sets out the ways in which current drug control efforts are already impacting upon the development sector’s efforts to achieve sustainable development.
