Two new reports, released to mark the beginning of the 59th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna this week, have once again laid bare the harms caused by prohibition and the need to radically change the way we look at drug policy in the build up to UNGASS 2016. […]

The decriminalization of drugs does not lead to a surge in drug use, according to new report that says it actually leads to positive outcomes. […]

The aim of this report is to inform the public and policymakers alike on the impact of decriminalising drug possession offences, showing that decriminalisation does not lead to increased rates of use while equally demonstrating that law enforcement led approaches have little impact on this metric. […]

After decades of prohibition, 2016 could be the year governments around the world admit that the war on drugs has failed. Or, just as easily, they could maintain the status quo. […]

The Liberal government used its first foray into the global anti-narcotics arena this week to signal a clear shift away from the war-on-drugs philosophy, promising more safe-injection sites, promoting “harm reduction” and touting its plan to legalize marijuana […]

The Washington Post reported last Friday that the president, who has so far commuted the sentences of 187 federal inmates, will do the same for a new group of drug offenders. […]

The countries with the world’s deadliest drug laws have been on full display — literally — this week during the UN’s annual narcotics meeting in Vienna. […]

The flurry of new initiatives introduced by the federal government signals a major philosophical shift on drug policy issues. […]

The importation, sale and use of illicit drugs is complex and there is no easy solution to its elimination. We have tried for years, with little success and we will, and should, keep trying. […]

With the United Nations General Assembly meeting this April, a paradigm shift is needed in our drug control system. […]