It is time to right the historical wrongs that led to the policy of subjecting the coca plant to absurd international controls BY DIEGO GARCÍA-SAYAN Published in El País on 07 March 2025 Less than two years ago, in July […]
Le Canada a été pionnier en matière de réduction des méfaits en Amérique du Nord avec l’ouverture d’Insite à Vancouver, premier site de consommation supervisée (SCS) légal, en 2003 – près de deux décennies avant l’ouverture du premier site du […]
Very encouraged to read about the positive news that the Safer Drugs Consumption Facility in Glasgow, the first of its kind in the UK, will finally open its doors in October. As a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, I have […]
Louise Arbour is a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy and a former UN high commissioner for human rights. Helen Clark is chair of the Global Commission on Drug Policy and a former prime minister of New Zealand. […]
A public health approach, not prohibition, must be front and centre of the response to drugs – only then can we end Aids Every human being deserves the fundamental right to a healthy life, but many around the world face […]
La “guerra contra las drogas” ha tenido resultados que no dejan lugar a dudas: mientras el consumo de drogas no disminuye, a la vez, quienes pagan los “platos rotos” siguen siendo esencialmente los pobres y las mujeres Asuntos humanitarios severos […]
By 2040 the disease could kill more people each year than malaria, TB and Aids combined – despite the cost of treatment being ‘less than dinner for two’ More than 1 million people die each year from viral hepatitis, despite […]
An army of international heavyweights is creating powerful new policies to combat the drug trade in eastern and Southern Africa 12 February 2023 – 00:00 By KGALEMA MOTLANTHE ‘It’s like we’re living in hell. People are dying daily and youngsters […]
By Chair Helen Clark (Rt.Hon.) of the Global Commission on Drug Policy The Economist usually publishes excellent, robust articles on drug policy. But in its 1 December issue, which somewhat ironically is World AIDS Day, was an opinion piece titled […]
By Richard Branson Read the op-ed on Virgin.com In the past, International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (June 26) has often been an opportunity for proponents of the failed war on drugs to celebrate arrests and showcase vast […]