Cat Packer highlights how the Biden administration could use existing norms on equity as a framework to understand and address how cannabis laws and policies create barriers for underserved communities.
The latest Human Rights Council resolution on the human rights implications of drug policy represents the most ambitious and progressive resolution on the matter to date, and should influence the outcome of the upcoming 2024 mid-term review of the 2019 Ministerial Declaration.
IDPC sheds light on key political wins including in relation to countering racial discrimination in drug policy, recognising the importance of harm reduction for the right to health, protecting Indigenous rights, and promoting engagement by UN human rights bodies in drug policy debates.
Pamplin et al. argue that the persistence of a broader, structurally racist environment of criminalisation undermines the public health–oriented policy changes made in some US states through 'Good Samaritan Laws'.
The newly-regulated market prioritises licenses for people and communities affected by the war on drugs, including by providing start-up financial aid.
El nuevo mercado regulado prioriza licencias para personas y comunidades afectadas por la guerra contra las drogas, incluyendo la provisión de asistencia financiera para emprendimientos.
Felker-Kantor links how through the DARE program the police expanded their reach and ability to define the parameters of the 'war on drugs' and ignored the structural roots of the drug crisis by reinforcing the turn toward blaming the problem on drug users themselves.
