Comisionado Michel Kazatchkine, ex Director Ejecutivo del Fondo Munidal para la lucha contra el VIH/Sida, la tuberculosis y la malaria, explica en una entrevista sobre los daños causados por las políticas represivas de drogas. Para Kazatchkine es hora de que […]
A new UNO report shows a dramatic increase in the production and consumption of illicit drugs all over the world. César Gaviria from the Global Commission on Drug Policy calls for a new approach. Read original article in German in […]
Swissinfo interviews Commissioner Ruth Dreifuss on her advocacy visit early April to Southeast Asia, addressing in particular the policy shift in the region towards health-based solutions for chronic drug abuse – a notable evolution in a region long known for […]
Interview with Ruth Dreifuss in Globe, quarterly magazine of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (in French). Entretien avec Ruth Dreifuss, présidente de la Commission globale, dans Globe, revue trimestrielle de l’IHEID, Genève. Read article
César Gaviria, former President of Colombia and member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy gave an interview to El Papel, Sunday supplement of El Mundo, on his journey advocating for drug policy reform. To read the article in Spanish, […]
Ruth Dreifuss, Chair of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, answers questions on Al Jazeera regarding the decriminalization of drug consumption and possession for personal use, in the context of a change in drug policy in Thailand towards a less […]
By Francie Diep Activists and family members of loved ones who died in the opioid epidemic take part in a rally on September 18th, 2016, in Washington, D.C. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images) Sometimes, to understand something, you have to take […]
Wohl wird nur ein Bruchteil des weltweit geschmuggelten Kokains in Westafrika umgeschlagen. Die erzielten Umsätze übersteigen aber die Budgets mancher Staaten. Eine intelligentere Antidrogenpolitik müsste sich auf die Bekämpfung der Folgen in den einzelnen Ländern konzentrieren. Dafür braucht Westafrika die […]