Film screening and Q&A — Liquid handcuffs: A documentary to free methadone

10 February 2020 18:00-20:00

New York, USA

OSF presents a documentary that explores the intersection of methadone with race, class, social control, and stigma.

Events 7 February 2020

The uncounted victims of the war on drugs

In the UK and elsewhere, racialised anti-drug policies disproportionately impact minority ethnic communities, fuelling discrimination.

News Alerts October 15, 2019

Raising Voices: The life of women in drug crop cultivation areas

This publication summarises the experiences and stories of affected female small farmers and aims to encourage political decision-makers and implementing organisations to include them in their development-oriented drug programmes.

Publications September 23, 2019

Women incarcerated in the Americas demand sweeping changes

24 September 2019 18:00-20:30

Washington DC, United States

What are the most recent trends regarding women’s incarceration in the Americas? Who are the women behind bars? Experts from the IACHR and from Brazil, Mexico, and the United States will investigate these questions and more in what promises to be an eye-opening conversation.

Events 17 September 2019

How racism and inequality are influencing the rise of legalised cannabis in the United States

Grass Is Greener is a new documentary that raises challenging questions about how the legacy of the war on drugs, mass incarceration, and racial injustice in the United States has influenced the country’s burgeoning legal cannabis industry.

News Alerts September 11, 2019

Reframing the blame for the war on drugs

#ReframeTheBlame asks for people to look critically at drug policies and push for reform.

News Alerts June 3, 2019

Rights-based approach to overdose epidemic must include decriminalisation

The criminalisation of people who use drugs is inconsistent with human rights norms.

News Alerts February 1, 2019

A pivotal decade for the movement to end the “war on drugs"

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Coverage January 10, 2019

Women in prison: The devastating impact of rising incarceration in the Americas

What are the most recent trends regarding women’s incarceration in the Americas? What are the innovative strategies being launched to counter this phenomenon? And how are affected women coming together and organising for reform?