The evolution of illicit drug markets and drug policy in Africa
This continental report reflects on the changing drug policy environment in Africa. Globally, support for drug policy reform has grown over the past...
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Domestic drug consumption in Ghana
West Africa’s emergence in the mid-2000s as a transit hub in the international illicit drugs trade and the consequent surge in the quantity of...
The Philippines’ war on drugs
Since July 2016, communities in the Philippines have been subjected to a violent nationwide police crackdown on illegal drugs, which has courted...
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Supporting Safe Spaces (Tanzania)
‘Supporting Safe Spaces’: a resilience shelter for women and girls who are affected by drug use and Tanzania’s war on drugs has been opened in...
International cooperation on drug trafficking: 10 more years of the same?
As the UN moves ahead with the next decade of drug policy, combating drug trafficking will remain high on the international agenda. While states...
The second coming of West Africa’s cocaine trade?
A large seizure of cocaine in Guinea-Bissau, the first in over a decade in that country, opens up speculation as to the West African country’s role...
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Interview with Ruth Dreifuss on the decriminalization of drugs.
How would you assess the current state of the debate around decriminalization of drugs? There have certainly been positive developments since the...
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The evolution of illicit drug markets and drug policy in Africa
This continental report reflects on the changing drug policy environment in Africa. Globally, support for drug policy reform has grown over the past...
Advancing Drug Policy Reform: a new approach to decriminalization
Since the Global Commission launched its first report in 2011, a significant shift has taken place in global drug policy, both in terms of public...
After the Drug Wars
The ‘war on drugs’ has been largely discredited on the international stage. Former and sitting presidents, Nobel Prize winners, heads of UN...