IDPC evaluates the impacts of drug policies implemented in Asia over the past decade, assessing progress made towards international and regional goals and concluding on the need to move away from the damaging drug-free approach.
IDPC outlines the key drug policy developments in India since the UNGASS Outcome Document was adopted in 2016, which highlights health and human rights concerns in relation to both drugs and drug policies.
The findings of the CSTF reveal that most respondents endorsed both the extension of the 2009 political declaration and further 'integration' of the more recent UNGASS outcome document.
The Youth Rise report assesses the variation of youth movements at national level, achievements at the international level followed by an internal structural review on how to improve.
Civil society organisations call on the UN Statistical Commission to contribute to the improvement of the ARQ review process, including by promoting collaboration with relevant UN agencies.
The UN CEB has adopted a common UN position on drug policy that calls for changes in laws, policies and practices that threaten the health and human rights of people.
The International AIDS Society—Lancet Commission point to a need for redoubled efforts in the HIV response, including the dismantlement of the so-called war on drugs.
Alex Stevens suggests that the impact of cannabis policy "liberalisation" on adolescent cannabis use has been drastically overestimated in previous research.
