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Cannabis rescheduling: What could it mean for Africa?

IDPC and TNI argue that the WHO’s recommendations will be an opportunity for African States to further decolonise drug control and strengthen the legal basis for emerging medicinal cannabis programmes.

Publications June 24, 2020

COVID-19: Prisons and detention in Africa

IDPC calls on African States to take urgent action to ensure the safety and health of prison staff and people deprived of liberty.

Publications June 3, 2020

Webinar - Decriminalisation of petty offences in Africa

19 May 2020 13:00

Online

The webinar organised by APCOF aims at finding advocacy opportunities to encourage African states to adopt alternatives to the detention of poor and marginalised people for minor offences.

Events 19 May 2020

Lebanon set to legalise medical, industrial cannabis cultivation

Experts see a missed opportunity to formalise existing markets and reform punishment-led policies.

News Alerts March 20, 2020

African declaration to eliminate hepatitis C and improve the health of people who use drugs

Experts from the region call for increased efforts to scale up and remove barriers to health services.

News Alerts February 28, 2020

Over 100 human rights groups urge the UN to intervene to stop executions of drug offenders in Bahrain

HRI, IDPC and INPUD condemn plans to execute two people for drug offences in Bahrein.

Press Releases February 3, 2020

Law enforcement and the rights of people living with and affected by HIV

MENAHRA summarises the third Consultative Meeting on “Law Enforcement and the Rights of People Living with and affected by HIV”, which highlighted the importance of improved legal frameworks, capacity-building and information-sharing.

Publications January 25, 2020

1st Regional Conference on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users (INHSU Africa)

17 - 20 February 2020

Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Upper Eastside, Cape Town, South Africa

INHSU Africa will holds its 1st Regional Conference on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users in Cape Town in February 2020.

Events 16 January 2020

ICASA 2019: People who use drugs continue to be side-lined in the HIV response

We must ask ourselves: How realistic can the AIDS Free Africa agenda be if we leave behind a whole key population? People who use drugs are being relegated to the margins.

Blog Posts January 15, 2020

By Maria-Goretti AneIDPC Consultant: Africa

The failed war on drugs: What Africa needs to do

Despite immense challenges, there is a promising ongoing shift in drug policies in the region.

News Alerts October 3, 2019

Mind the gap: HCV policies versus community experiences

Whilst WHO member states aim to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030, interviews with 'at risk' individuals suggest that insufficient awareness of the illness and a lack of health facilities act as barriers to these ambitious targets.

Publications September 18, 2019

The illicit drug market in Africa: What is needed to address it

24 September 2019 15:30-17:00

Scandinavian House, New York

The ENACT consortium partners will present findings of new research into the trafficking and use of illicit drugs in Africa, and their impact on development.

Events 6 September 2019

The evolution of illicit drug markets and drug policy in Africa

Given that many African states are invested in the 'war on drugs', the importance of UNGASS is extremely prevalent, particularly given the long history of punitive drug policy on this continent.

Publications September 5, 2019

Africa is going through an opioid crisis, but it's not what you think

The growing use of counterfeited Tramadol in Africa represents a serious health crisis but criminalising its use would lead to criminalising people in pain.

News Alerts August 9, 2019

Largest ever civil society delegation attends the African Union meeting on Health, Population and Drug Control in Cairo

The new AU Plan of Action paves the way for advocacy efforts towards fairer national policies.

Blog Posts August 8, 2019

By Kunal NaïkSub-Saharan Africa (PILS)

Final Progress Report on the implementation of the AU Plan of Action on Drug Control (2013-2017) extended to 2019

The African Union provides an overview of drug use and markets, State responses and plans for the next Plan of Action.

Publications August 1, 2019

INCB planned country visits to the Bahamas, DPR Korea, Jordan, Madagascar, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago & Ukraine

If you know any civil society organisation active in the field of drugs in these countries, please let the VNGOC know as soon as possible, but no later than 16 July 2019.

INCBPost June 21, 2019

New US airstrikes obscure a dramatic development in the Afghan drugs industry – the proliferation of low cost methamphetamine

As the US continues its futile laboratory bombing campaign, a growing methamphetamine market flourishes in Afghanistan and its vicinity.

News Alerts June 3, 2019

A fundamental contradiction in EU drug policy

The bloc's international cooperation should contribute to strengthening governance and modernising drug policies.