INPUD's survey highlights the devastating effects of foreign aid cuts on harm reduction programming and community networks, calling for emergency funding mechanisms, increased domestic support and intensified advocacy.
HRI provides an overview of these harm reduction interventions, noting their impact on increasing access to support services and reducing drug-related mortality and the transmission of infectious diseases.
C-EHRN's civil society monitoring identifies necessary but unequal progress on treatment and access to services, decrying enduring challenges related to funding, legislation, stigma and political will.
Health Poverty Action proposes restructuring illegal trades to prioritise public health, equity, and sustainability rather than reproducing harmful market practices.
Transform models the spending and revenue outcomes for three post-prohibition market scenarios in the UK, noting potential annual net benefits to the Treasury of up to £1.5 billion.
IHRNGO and ECPM notes a significant increase in drug-related executions, disproportionately impacting marginalised communities, and calls on the UN and wider international community to act.
IDPC provides background information on the scheduling of the coca leaf in the international drug control treaties, outlines the ECDD coca review process, and makes the human rights case for the removal of the plant from the treaty schedules.
Sharma and Sam-Agudu propose a framework to reassess coloniality in Global South public health, tackling harmful behaviours and systemic inequalities while developing new frameworks that elevate neglected knowledge systems.
