IDPC contextualises its most recent period of activities under the light of 15 lessons learnt over our network's fifteen years of existence.

The IDPC membership share insights on progress and setbacks in drug policy reform in 47 countries.

IDPC, TB/HIV Care and ARASA demonstrate how drug policy reform is a sustainable development issue that African countries need to urgently address to achieve the SDGs.

SSDP provides an overview of how to navigate engagement mechanisms with the main UN institutes involved in drug policy-making.

UNITE, the APPG for Drug Policy Reform and ZCLDN summarise discussions on drug use and policy reform in Zimbabwe.

UNODC describes principles and a methodology to facilitate web-based outreach in the field of harm reduction by civil society and public services.

The Harm Reduction Consortium presents the first edition of the Global Drug Policy Index, which documents, measures and compares national-level drug policies against the UN Common Position on drugs.

Saba Rouhani et al. shed light on preliminary findings that suggest declines in arrests and prosecutions of people in situations of vulnerability do not lead to increased insecurity or nuisance.

C-EHRN offer tools and principles to improve services for people experiencing homelessness who use drugs.

HRI and INPUD call on the largest donor for harm reduction to ramp-up efforts to ensure community engagement and leadership

This Special Issue of the Journal of illicit Economies and Development seeks to understand the environmental impacts of illicit economies beyond traditional crime-focused indicators.

The Cornell Center on Death Penalty Worldwide and HRI highlight trends that characterise the gendered impacts of the implementation of the death penalty for drug offences.

Sandøy et al. reveal young people from wealthier households are more likely to be exempted from prosecution.

CIVICUS provides an overview of human rights abuses against human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists, by the Philippine government, including through its 'war on drugs'.

EHRA provides an overview of NPS markets in the EECA region, assesses the state of related health provisions, and highlights pending challenges and avenues to address them.

Lines et al. argue that the involuntary detention of people for the purposes of 'drug treatment' represents a violation of international law.

The National Harm Reduction Coalition's DOPE Project shares useful guidance on living through grief, in memory of the preventable loss caused by overdose deaths.

Nelson provides insights into the motivations behind cannabis use among street-involved youth in Uyo, Nigeria; and the limitations and negative impacts of policing and detention on criminalised young people.

This short document serves as a practical guide for civil society on possible ways to use the Model Drug Law in advancing drug policy reform in West Africa and beyond.

This ‘explainer’ aims to provide a more accessible summary of the key elements included in the West Africa Model Drug Law.