UNODC provide analysis of the state of and trends in drug markets, with a thematic focus on the drugs-environment nexus.

IDPC describes de public health impact of punitive law enforcement on women who use drugs, offering recommendations for an evidence-informed and gender-sensitive response to drug use and HIV.

Canêdo et al. challenge the notion that the harm reduction needs of young people who use drugs are being met and provide ten calls to action to improve support and access for young people.

Drug Policy Voices emphasises the importance of integrating the views and experiences of people who use drugs into future research and activism, also highlighting how values and ideology are influenced by a broader set of factors than personal drug use

Goodman et al. find high prices, inconvenience and access issues can limit the transition of users from illegal to legal sources.

Iga Jeziorska notes progress in the range and quality of services whilst underscoring dramatic disparities in access along regional, urban/rural and other divides.

C-EHRN provides an overview of how harm reduction policies and programmes are implemented in the region, with valuable insights on civil society engagement.

INPUD and Asteria provide advice on submitting these reports as well as discussing potential benefits and risks.

The Pompidou Group analyses the impact of parental drug use on children, highlighting how criminalising and stigmatising policies create further harm to children, with suggestions to improve drug policy to address the needs of both children and parents who use drugs.

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.