Politicians in Punjab have renewed calls for a zero-tolerance approach to the drug market, but escalating harms necessitate a reorientation towards harm reduction and human rights.
DPA calls on the US to abandon drug war strategies and embrace a health and human rights-based approach, showing how global prohibition fuels violence, poverty, and overdose crises.
IDPC and fellow NGOs expose how militarised drug policies fuel extrajudicial killings and systemic abuse, urging urgent global reforms to uphold human rights and end impunity.
Decision-makers must invest in ending punitive drug policies and responses in favour of rights-based approaches that prioritise harm reduction and community leadership.
French bill proposes draconian expansion of surveillance powers in the name of drug control, despite lack of evidence for efficacy and substantial risks for privacy, digital security, and civil liberties.
Trump has nominated Carter, a former right-wing journalist, to lead a tough-on-crime agenda at the Office of National Drug Control Policy, despite a lack of relevant experience.
A report by the UN Human Rights Office in 2020 found there were credible allegations of widespread and systematic extrajudicial killings in the context of the regime's 'war on drugs'.
IDPC calls on governments to end drug-related human rights abuses, invest in harm reduction, and align drug policies with human rights and protect the HIV response.
