Data & indicators

Publications3 December 2025

Global State of Harm Reduction: 2025 update to key data

Harm Reduction International discusses a 'global paradox' in which growing policy recognition and community resilience collide with devastating funding cuts that now threaten decades of harm reduction progress.

Publications3 November 2025

Toolkit for ensuring rights-based and ethical use of digital technologies in HIV and health programmes

UNDP provides guidance to ensure that digital technologies for HIV and health are used ethically, protect human rights, and advance equity in the digital age.

Publications21 July 2025

Comparing drug policies: An assessment of the validity and reliability of the global drug policy index

Bewley-Taylor et al. find the GDPI useful for comparing international drug policy, and suggest improvements to better handle uncertainty and diverse data.

Events

World Drug Report 2025: Webinar for civil society

Online

4 September 2025 - 4 September 2025

This VNGOC webinar on the 2025 World Drug Report will focus on health, crime, and environmental impacts.

Publications9 July 2025

World Drug Report 2025

UNODC links rising drug use, environmental harm, and drug-related crime to global instability, but fails to identify the need for a paradigm shift.

Publications17 June 2025

European drug report 2025: Trends and developments

The 2025 EU Drug Report uncovers a rapidly evolving drug landscape, fuelled by synthetic substances, tech innovation, and global instability. With rising health and security threats, the report places urgent emphasis on real-time data, early warning systems, and bold cross-sector collaboration.

Publications16 June 2025

Public calls for service to the police: Trends before and during drug possession decriminalization in Oregon

Wire et al. conclude that Oregon's drug decriminalisation did not lead to an increase in emergency service calls and encourage strategies to counter public misconceptions of future reforms.

Publications4 April 2025

European Web Survey on Drugs (EWSD) 2024

EUDA's survey explores the current drug use habits of more than 66,000 Europeans from 31 countries.

Events

A World of Harm: How US taxpayers fund the global war on drugs over evidence-based health responses

Virtual

4 December 2024 - 4 December 2024

HRI and DPA extend an invitation to a launch webinar showcasing their recent report, which analyses harms caused by US international drug control spending.

Events

Global mapping of gender responsive harm reduction services 2024

2 December 2024

This event launches a publication identifying good practices in relation to the needs of women and gender diverse people, and access to responsive harm reduction services.

Publications22 October 2024

“It should be hard to be a drug abuser”: An evaluation of the criminalization of drug use in Sweden

Stenström et al. evaluate the criminalization of drugs in Sweden—showing that it has not reduced problematic drug use or drug-related deaths and is, instead, expensive, ineffective and harmful.

Publications5 August 2024

Gendering ketamine use: Emerging research and harm reduction recommendations

WHRIN and Talking Drugs highlight the importance of gender-specific ketamine harm reduction, calling for development of tailored services, collaboration with support programs for women and gender-diverse people and further research into ketamine's varied effects.

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