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Ten Years after UNGASS, Drug Policy is at a Crossroads
BY HELEN CLARK & JUAN-MANUEL SANTOS Ten years ago, the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS) was widely heralded as a turning point - a moment when the international community began to question the decades-long orthodoxy of the so-called [...]
Ahead of World AIDS Day Global Commission on Drug Policy new report says the HIV and Hepatitis epidemics cannot be ended without drug policy reform and the real participation of people who use drugs everywhere
Globally nearly 1 in 5 people who inject drugs are living with HIV and over a third live with Hepatitis C Wednesday, November 22, 2023 (Geneva, Switzerland)—Ahead of this year´s World AIDS Day, a new report published by the Global [...]
Press release by the Global Commission: Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats
(Edinburgh, SCOTLAND – 06/07/2023) We the Global Commission on Drug Policy are gathered today, 6 July, in Edinburgh,Scotla nd for our annual plenary meeting. We are aware of the initiative being taken by the United States to launch a Global […]
World Drug Day – Statement by the Global Commission on Drug Policy
(Geneva, 26/06/2023) June 26 is a day dedicated to raising awareness about the consequences of repressive drug policies and practices on people across the globe. There is growing recognition around the world that drug prohibition has failed to achieve its […]