Amnesty concludes that COVID-19 responses magnified the inequalities faced by groups and communities already targeted by discriminatory criminal laws.

The Council of Europe offers a self-assessment tool to encourage states to better understand the situation on the ground and consider reforms as needed.

WHO Director-General offers an overview of recent developments, including in relation to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and access to controlled medicines, and calls for a public health approach.

The EMCDDA and Europol produce an analysis of drug markets, from production and trafficking, to distribution and use.

The LET ME project offers guidance on effective methods and approaches to discuss harm reduction and drugs with young people.

The 8th edition of Penal Reform International's report indentifies key trends and challenges in prisons worldwide.

Ledberg and Reitan find that the risk of dying immediately after discharge from compulsory care is very high, particularly for younger clients.

Rivera-Aguirre et al. identified no changes in the prevalence of risky and frequent cannabis use among secondary school students following the legal regulation of cannabis

Birgin et al. document how state-driven stigma, criminalisation, and abuse create gendered barriers in access to services and drive women imprisonment, prompting mobilisation in resistance.

IDPC and the GDPO analyse the limitations of the data and methodologies in the report, and explore the implications of these shortcomings for drug policy in Africa.

Transform discusses how to build a regulatory framework which works to promote social justice and to protect public health.

David Restrepo critically reviews Colombia’s 2020 legislative proposal to regulate the coca leaf and cocaine markets by providing qualitative analysis of the regulatory regime proposed, its effects across the supply system, and the associated benefit and cost outcomes for Colombia.

The EMCDDA releases a series of miniguides looking at the responses to a range of challenges related to drugs in Europe.

This evaluation on the work of UNAIDS highlights the programme's importance in supporting key population responses and the need for prioritising in programming to address inequalities

ReLeaf Malta and Moviment Graffitti outline a vision to redress prior abuses, embed drug policy in human rights and harm reduction, and undo persisting discriminations.

UNODC provides an insight into the dynamics of cocaine markets and the involvement of women.

Boyd et al. shed light on the harmful impact of punitive and stigmatising policies and practices on mothers' overdose risk, concluding on the need to expand support and care in the community.

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction summarises 6 studies assessing key impacts and pending questions brought about by the legal regulation of cannabis in the country.

Jones et al. find a correlation between lifetime psilocybin use and lowered odds of opioid dependence, calling for further studies to determine whether this relationship is causal.

This briefing paper by IDPC and AFRILAW presents new evidence on the physical and mental violence faced by people who use drugs in Nigeria, both at the hands of law enforcement agents and in drug treatment centres.