Health & harm reduction

Access to controlled medicines

5 July 2023
World Drug Report 2023

World Drug Report 2023

UNODC provides an overview of drug markets and related challenges related to health, environmental degradation and conflict.
76th World Health Assembly

76th World Health Assembly

Geneva, Switzerland
21 May 2023 - 30 May 2023
The Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly is being held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 21–30 May 2023.
29 March 2023
INCB Annual Report 2022

INCB Annual Report 2022

The INCB reviews the functioning of the international drug control system, dedicating a thematic chapter to the analysis of the trend to legalise the non-medical use of cannabis.
8 March 2023
Bringing severe pain to an end

Bringing severe pain to an end

Roughly 26 million people around the world who are suffering from severe pain do not have access to painkillers, therefore the 'pain gap' between rich and poor countries must be alleviated.
14 February 2023
Japan to legalise medical cannabis

Japan to legalise medical cannabis

Despite a flourishing CBD market and plans to legalise medical access, the government has vowed to further criminalise non-medical uses.
16 January 2023
There’s a rising green tide in Brazil

There’s a rising green tide in Brazil

Despite attempts by the outgoing administration to ban the prescription of cannabis products, a growing number of activists, civil society, health professionals and politicians mobilise to secure safe access.