Commissioner Cardoso in Globe and Mail on “Colombia’s long, difficult path to peace”

Fernando Henrique Cardoso was president of Brazil from 1995 to 2003. He is also a founding member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy. For the first time in more than half a century, a child was born in a peaceful Colombia. She was delivered on Sept. 27, minutes after

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To the President of the Philippines

The Global Commission on Drug Policy was born from the recognition that the prohibitionist and repressive “war on drugs,” which has persisted for the past 50 years, has failed. Drugs have always existed and have existed everywhere, and it is illusory to believe that their use can be eradicated completely,

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Descriminalización de drogas

COLABORADOR INVITADO / Olusegun Obasanjo y Ricardo Lagos y Ruth Dreifuss 07 Sep. 2016 El 2016 ha sido un año fundamental para la política de drogas a nivel global. La evaluación de más de cincuenta años de un régimen prohibicionista ha resultado en reformas en países tan diversos como Jamaica,

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The Uruguayan Example

by Mario Vargas Llosa, member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy Originally printed in Spanish on Dec. 29, 2013 in El País: Article link Translation by Jorge Herrera Liberty has its risks, and those who believe in it must be willing to run them. This is how the government of José Mujica

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Ungass On The World Drug Problem: People, Public Health And Human Rights At The Centre

On 21 October 2015, Switzerland and Colombia co-chaired an event in Geneva entitled UNGASS on the World Drug Problem: People, Public Health, and Human Rights at the Centre—a High-Level Multi-Stakeholder Perspective, which brought together: Michel Sidibé, Executive Director, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Marie-Paule Kieny, Assistant Director-General, World

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President Gaviria’s op-ed in El País

The Mexican Supreme Court today will debate whether access to cannabis is a constitutional right.  If they determine that it is, 5 people will be able to grow for their personal use.  It will be a small, but highly important step that could set a legal precedent for others. To

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Nick Clegg joins the Global Commission on Drug Policy

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has joined the Global Commission on Drug Policy, an international group that advocates for drug policy reform on a global level. Nick Clegg joins a host of influential names from business and politics on the Commission, including entrepreneur Richard Branson,

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NEW REPORT: Access to Controlled Medicines

The Global Commission on Drug Policy will launch it’s third thematic report on October 19, 2015 in Kuala Lumpur at the International Harm Reduction Conference.  Check back here to download the report!  

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Side Event at the Human Rights Council: Sept. 28, 2015

The Global Commission will be hosting a side event on the Right to Health: Addressing the Drug Control Barriers Hindering Access to Controlled Medicines in Geneva on September 28. All are invited to attend! 150928-Invitation 30 HRC Side-event.jpg

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SDGs will not be achieved without drug policy reform

Secretariat member, Khalid Tinasti, along with Commissioners Bem, Grover, Kazatchkine and Dreifuss wrote an opinion article in the Lancet regarding the need to implement drug policy reform in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  The article can be read here.

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