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Evidence that cannot be contained: The World Drug Report 2025 reveals the ongoing failure of the drug control regime Behind cautious language, the data expose a system that criminalises, harms, and undermines health.

"Despite the agency’s best efforts to convey progress, the report is an indictment of the global drug control regime. Data point after data point reveal a systemic failure to contain drug markets..."

@idpc.net Blog on #Supportdontpunish Day by @adriacots.bsky.social

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For this year’s #SupportDontPunish, we asked YOUR opinion about Lebanon’s response to drug use. Whether you agree or not, fill this survey & share your opinion to contribute to Skoun’s advocacy with policy-makers for evidence-based & human centered drug policies shorturl.at/IV5lW

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🎥Missed today's webinar? The recording is now available!

On the #SupportDontPunish Global Day of Action, we presented the EU Drug Policy Campaign 2025, calling for a health- & rights-based approach to EU drug policy.

Watch the full discussion: buff.ly/hma8OX0

#HarmReduction #PublicHealth

Mother holds her baby to her chest. Text reads: Support. Don't Punish: Putting people first in South Africa

Today on the #SupportDontPunish Global Day of Action, we’re proud to announce two new partnerships in South Africa with TB HIV Care and SANPUD.

The 'war on drugs' is a war on people! It's time for a change. Let's embrace decriminalisation, prioritise harm reduction, and empower community leadership.

Read more: 🔗 buff.ly/opcQPpm

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Today, Dr. Gabor Maté joins us for #SupportDontPunish Global Day of Action. It is time to replace criminalisation with a sustainable approach to #DrugPolicy based on respect, care and support. Let's shift away from punitive measures and towards the principles of human rights and harm reduction.

Today, on #SupportDontPunish, we stand in solidarity with people impacted by harmful drug policies — in Canada and around the world.

🔗 Explore more articles and resources: linktr.ee/candrugpolicy

"The moment we embraced #HarmReduction was the moment it changed, for both of us" - paraphrasing @harmreduxnurse.bsky.social & B from @4bharmredux.bsky.social at @hracollective.bsky.social's event. Moving to see you advocating for #SupportDontPunish approaches side-by-side.

Peep our guest article for #SupportDontPunish with @drugdatadecoded.ca

If you missed our first ever webinar (in preparation for SDP), the recording will be up soon. Huge thanks to our speakers, it was 🔥

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#SupportDontPunish Troubles de consommation = enjeux de SANTÉ. Soutenons la réduction des méfaits et les organismes communautaires qui font un travail vital.

Le PL103 représente un recul dangereux qui va aggraver la crise et stigmatiser davantage les personnes qui consomment.

Happening now!

Location: Online [Zoom]: www.eventbrite.ca/.../care-not....

Speakers from across the country will join us to address a variety of intersecting themes, topics, and communities, including (but certainly not limited to): harm reduction; drug policy; drug user rights and more...

Any day now, the Senate will vote on a budget bill with devastating cuts to Medicaid & essential health services. These cuts will result in more overdose deaths & fewer people getting the help they need to survive. Urge your Senators to stop these cuts engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/tell-...

Support. Don’t Punish: Advancing towards a health and human rights-based approach to drug policy This event will explore how harm reduction and human rights can shape drug policy reform, against the backdrop of debates on the matter at the Human Rights Council and the Support. Don't Punish Global...

Join us today, 13:00 (CET) for this exciting side event at #HRC59 on the #health and #humanrights implications of global drug policy. Follow in person or live! #SupportDontPunish

Permanent closure of Red Deer's overdose prevention site debated in Court of King's Bench OPS closed for almost three months

“…since the site's closure, his client experienced a near fatal overdose on April 26, his first overdose in seven years — the same seven years he accessed the OPS.”
Closing an OPS means more people die!
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Happy #SupportDon'tPunish Day!!! It's time to end the war on drugs!!

Take your photo with the logo and post today to join thousands of activists around the world!!!

Once again, the data speaks louder than ever: the #warondrugs has failed in curbing the illegal drug market, but despite the devastating #health and #humanrights impacts of prohibition, UNODC fails to call for any meaningful reform #SupportDontPunish

Collage of five photos showing the IDPC team and two coloured panels with the words: 'SUPPORT. DON'T PUNISH. 2025 Global Day of Action. 26th June', and 'Together for fairer drug policies. In solidarity always'.

Across time zones, the IDPC team stands in solidarity with everyone taking action around 26 June to build fairer futures for each other, and the ones who will come after us. 💚

As we have done for over 12 years, we say it loud and clear: #SupportDontPunish

Harm reduction works! A call to invest in a european health-based drug policy - Campaign webinar As the EU prepares its 2026–2030 Drug Strategy, we call for a balanced, health-oriented approach that prioritises harm reduction and rights protections instead of punishment.

Join us today for this webinar where we'll explore how to ensure that EU drug policy is grounded in #health #harmreduction & #humanrights #SupportDontPunish

'When the going gets tough’: Leadership change at UNODC amidst global turmoil, UN reforms and drug policy opportunities Ghada Waly’s resignation offers the UN Secretary-General a chance to appoint a leader who will align UNODC with human rights-based drug policies and the broader UN system.

🚨 Ghada Waly, UNODC Executive Director, has resigned. 🚨

The UN's drugs agency stands at a crossroads, and Secretary-General António Guterres now has a rare opportunity to appoint a champion of human rights-based drug policies.

Ann Fordham - @idpc.net, explains in our blog: idpc.net/blog/2025/06...

‘People think prison is for rehabilitation. It is all lies’: could community service work better than jail? Colombia has seen a surge in the number of female inmates – many poor, from rural areas and convicted of drug offences. Now a radical scheme could release thousands to support their families

Colombia’s female prison population has increased more than fivefold since 1991, largely driven by drug laws that disproportionately punish women.

Now Colombia is attempting a new approach – pivoting from punishment to rehabilitation.

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Naomi Burke-Shyne memorial page It is with heavy hearts that the staff of Harm Reduction International relay the news that our former Executive Director, Naomi Burke-Shyne, has passed away

Naomi Burke-Shyne was a one-of-a-kind leader — smart, open-hearted, and deeply committed. We were lucky to work alongside her and mourn her untimely passing. Our thoughts go out to her family & loved ones.

You can share memories and condolences here: www.remembr.com/naomi.burke-...

Repairing the “machinery”: Recommendations and expectations for the independent review of international drug policy commitments IDPC lays out key considerations and aspirations for the independent panel established by the CND to review the UN drug control system, highlighting potential pitfalls to avoid to make this review…

🕊️ The creation of a panel of independent experts to review the UN drug control system is a once-in-a-generation chance to move away from the punitive status quo.

📘 Our latest advocacy note outlines what it will take to make it count: idpc.net/publications...

183 civil society groups urge UN Secretary-General to lead historic global drug policy review with a bold, inclusive and transformative vision Global civil society groups call on the UN Secretary-General to ensure the independence, credibility and representativeness of the UN review's expert panel, and to champion meaningful,…

🇺🇳 UN SG antonioguterres.bsky.social — your leadership can shape the future of drug policy!

183 civil society groups urge you to take bold and inclusive action in the upcoming global review!

📄Open letter: idpc.net/news/2025/05...

Many people who use drugs face stigma, even in healthcare settings. Health is possible but stigma is in the way. Everyone deserves to receive care that is compassionate, respectful, and free from judgment. Have you or a loved one ever faced stigma in a healthcare setting?

Exciting times at #CND68 #CND2025! Read this @idpc.bsky.social analysis of the historical vote that took place last week and that paves the way for the first ever review of the UN drug control 'machinery'

EU parliament accuses US of 'blackmailing' Ukraine in joint declaration The declaration accuses the U.S. of trying "to negotiate a ceasefire and peace agreement with Russia over the heads of Ukraine and other European states."

“The resolution was passed by 440 lawmakers in the European Parliament, which consists of 720 seats. Signatories included members of many political parties, including Greens, Socialists & Democrats, Christian Democrats, and far-right conservatives.”

🇺🇳 G’morning Vienna! TODAY AT #CND68 — Join our *essential* side event: 'Harm reduction, drug use & the right to health'.

🕒 15:00 (Vienna - CET)
📍 MOE79 + Online
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Accountability for Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines: Ending the War on Drugs The Global Commission on Drug Policy acknowledges the arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who was detained at Manila’s international airport on March 11, 2025, following an…

Former Philippine President Duterte's arrest by the ICC for crimes against humanity marks a pivotal moment. The #GCDP calls for ending punitive drug policies and embracing health-centered, human rights-based approaches.

🔗 Read our statement: ow.ly/j8Ee50VgiUc

#DrugPolicyReform #HumanRights