WHO Director-General offers an overview of recent developments, including in relation to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and access to controlled medicines, and calls for a public health approach.
Frontline Aids highlight the extent of police intimidation and harassment of marginalised groups, particularly sex workers and people who use drugs, with many being forced into silence, allowing the police to act with impunity.
Rivera-Aguirre et al. identified no changes in the prevalence of risky and frequent cannabis use among secondary school students following the legal regulation of cannabis
Birgin et al. document how state-driven stigma, criminalisation, and abuse create gendered barriers in access to services and drive women imprisonment, prompting mobilisation in resistance.
IDPC and the GDPO analyse the limitations of the data and methodologies in the report, and explore the implications of these shortcomings for drug policy in Africa.
David Restrepo critically reviews Colombia’s 2020 legislative proposal to regulate the coca leaf and cocaine markets by providing qualitative analysis of the regulatory regime proposed, its effects across the supply system, and the associated benefit and cost outcomes for Colombia.
This evaluation on the work of UNAIDS highlights the programme's importance in supporting key population responses and the need for prioritising in programming to address inequalities
