EMCDDA explores the epidemiology of drug-related health problems in prisons, discussing available harm reduction measures and persistent challenges in these settings.

PITCH recaps their successes from the past five years in advancing health and human rights issues for those affected by HIV.

Kvamme et al. suggest that a significant proportion of Danish users of cannabis as medicine are motivated by a desire to alleviate their ailments whilst minimising the negative side effects that they associate with legal prescription drugs.

Grisaffi et al. argue that the successes of coca regulation in Bolivia could be replicated in Peru, as long as efforts centre community empowerment and participation.

HRI outlines harm reduction practices and interventions aimed at improving the health and well-being of people who engage in chemsex.

UNODC summarises the state of drug markets and provides insight into a range of related health challenges, including in relation to COVID-19.

The 64th session of the CND was marked by the increase in prominence of health and human rights narratives, the proceedings' 'hybrid format' and a welcome long-overdue shift in the US stance on harm reduction.

HRI reports on the impact of the involvement of criminal legal systems, policing and the military in the COVID-19 response.

Dame Carol Black analyses trends and impact of thriving informal drug markets in England, and provides recommendations on how to address health-related challenges.

IDPC and HRI document disruptions and challenges, as well as positive developments faced by harm reduction in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A manual from Community Harm Reduction on how organisations can improve their health initiatives with MSM, particularly in Asian countries.

UNHCHR exposes a culture of systemic racism within law enforcement against people of African descent.

HIV Legal Network addresses the importance of human rights standards in the response to public health crises.

Paroles Autour de la Santé provides an overview of drug markets and the state of access to healthcare provisions in Sierra Leone.

Release and HRI critique the systemic racism inherent to drug policing.

IDPC and Instituto RIA argue that blanket prohibitions on practices to alter one's consciousness constitute unlawful limitations on the right to the freedom of thought.

SSRC provides eight analyses on the role of therapeutic communities as instruments of public policy in Brazil.

MPact provides an overall understanding of how the Global Fund works for key population networks seeking to secure funding for their work.

HRI sheds light on the destructive impact of detention and incarceration on the health of people who use drugs and the need to divest from punitive approaches.

IDPC documents failures in the provision of menstrual products by prison and state systems during the pandemic emergency.