Subject

Human rights and social justice

7 March 2024
The coloniality of drug prohibition

The coloniality of drug prohibition

Dertadian explores how prohibitionist policies serve as a colonial tool and calls to centre the experiences and knowledges of Indigenous and colonised peoples in drug policy scholarship.
12 November 2023
A roadmap for cannabis equity in Canada to inform the legislated review of the Cannabis Act

A roadmap for cannabis equity in Canada to inform the legislated review of the Cannabis Act

The Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation outlines how social responsibility and equity can be enhanced within Canadian cannabis legislation, emphasising the inclusion of underrepresented racialised people and genders, reparations for the harms of cannabis prohibition through reinvestment of taxes, and amnesty for previous cannabis convictions.
25 September 2023
Protecting our communities - A toolkit

Protecting our communities - A toolkit

Drug Policy Alliance underscore how chronic underinvestment in public services and the criminalisation of social issues have fuelled several concurrent crises, calling for increased investment in jobs, education, housing, and health care.
Shaping Scotland’s Drug Policy Conference

Shaping Scotland’s Drug Policy Conference

Glasgow, Scotland
24 May 2023
Speakers from across the UK & Europe will join the Scottish Drugs Forum to examine the valuable lessons learned from responding to drug-related issues and to look ahead to emerging themes & challenges.
Contemporary Drug Problems Conference 2023

Contemporary Drug Problems Conference 2023

Paris, France
6 September 2023 - 8 September 2023
CDP's sixth conference 'Embracing the trouble: New ways of doing, being and knowing' will feature keynote addresses from some of the world's leading scholars of alcohol and other drugs.