Harm reduction activists and researchers take part in a multi-part series to deconstruct the disease model of addiction, discuss alternate ways of thinking about drug use and present ways to reform current prohibitionist drug policies.
The National Harm Reduction Coalition and Lighthouse Learning Collective interrogate the state of care for queer and trans people who use drugs and/or do sex work, recognising inadequacies and suggesting avenues to build power for communities and improve support by harm reduction organisations.
The IACHR highlights the role that drug policies play in soaring women incarceration rates in the region, calling for alternatives to incarceration and gender-specific reintegration policies.
Drug policy reform, non-custodial measures and tackling the root causes of involvement in criminalised activities are among the many ways states can curb skyrocketing women incarceration rates.
Dennis et al. present a series of articles that employ the drug-user activist concept of 'narcofeminism', a collective movement for women who use drugs to mobilise, fight for their right to self-determination and to have their voices heard.
The theme for this year's policy week is "Putting People First", which expands on the statement issued by the United Nations Human Rights Commission calling on all countries to End Stigma and Discrimination and Put People First.
Following the release of the UNAIDS report titled 'The path that ends AIDS', this article underscores how ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic necessitates drug decriminalisation.
IDPC joins 200+ organisations in signing an open letter calling on high-level forums on womens rights to be inclusive of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, who are often criminalised for drug-related offences.
Self-organisation and critical consciousness on the role of the patriarchy, racism and prohibition on the lives of women who use crack are avenues for empowerment and liberation.
PRI and TIJ provide an overview and highlight how the criminalisation of drugs remains a key contributing factor to the rising global prison population and prison overcrowding.