Ruth Dreifuss et Michel Kazatchkine en audition à l’Assemblée nationale en France
Ruth Dreifuss et Michel Kazatchkine, membres de la Commission globale de politique en matière de drogues, échangent à l’Assemblée nationale avec MM. les députés Eric Poulliat et Robin Reda de la commission des Lois et rapporteurs de la mission d’information relative à l’application d’une procédure d’amende forfaitaire au délit d’usage
Nick Clegg: The rise in opioid deaths is an indictment of our blinkered drugs policy
Read original article on iNews Last year, nearly 90 people a week in the UK died as a result of drug use – the highest number on record. More than 60 per cent of these deaths involved an opioid – that is, a drug derived from the opium poppy or based
Time for pragmatism in tackling North America’s Opioid Crisis
Read article on Sir Richard Branson’s blog. Not too long ago, I wrote about the devastating opioid crisis that is holding much of North America in its grip. The numbers are staggering. In 2016, about 64,000 people died from drug overdoses in the United States. In the hardest hit county,
Commission makes recommendations for tackling opioid crisis in North America
Globe and Mail covers launch of the Global Commission on Drug Policy’s position paper on the opioid crisis in North America, with an interview with Commissioner Michel Kazatchkine. The Global Commission on Drug Policy has issued recommendations on tackling North America’s opioid crisis, calling for the immediate expansion of harm-reduction
It’s time that evidence, not stigma, drive SA’s drug policies
by Commissioners Obasanjo and Grover South Africa has taken a lead in the HIV response, but HIV won’t be overcome until the country faces some hard truths about drug abuse and its own prejudices. South Africa has paved the way for evidence-based prevention, treatment and care. The country defied private
La lutte contre la drogue en France : « Le résultat est un échec difficile à contester »
Par Ruth Dreifuss (ancienne présidente de la Confédération suisse), Fernando Cardoso (ancien président du Brésil), Aleksander Kwasniewski (ancien président de la Pologne), Michel Kazatchkine (ancien directeur exécutif du Fonds mondial de lutte contre le sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme) TRIBUNE. Depuis plus de cinquante ans, les gouvernements français successifs auront
Commissioner Grover on cannabis debate in South Africa: interview on News24
‘SA likely to prioritise health and human rights’ While a High Court bid to legalise marijuana continues in Pretoria, several international experts weighed in on the topic during the recent Drug Policy Week conference in Cape Town. Watch. Human rights activist Anand Grover serves on the Global Commission on Drug
La criminalización del uso de drogas es dañina (The criminalization of drug use causes harm)
Comisionado Michel Kazatchkine, ex Director Ejecutivo del Fondo Munidal para la lucha contra el VIH/Sida, la tuberculosis y la malaria, explica en una entrevista sobre los daños causados por las políticas represivas de drogas. Para Kazatchkine es hora de que los gobiernos piensen en una ‘regulación legal’. Lea el artículo
Interview with Commissioner Gaviria: “Die droguenpolitik ist grundverkehrt” (Drug policy is wrong from the ground up)
A new UNO report shows a dramatic increase in the production and consumption of illicit drugs all over the world. César Gaviria from the Global Commission on Drug Policy calls for a new approach. Read original article in German in the NZZ am Sonntag here. Die droguenpolitik ist grundverkehrtDie droguenpolitik
La guerra alla droga è fallita
A colloquio con l’ex consigliera federale Ruth Dreifuss, oggi presidente della Global Commission on Drug Policy, sulla lotta agli stupefacenti nel mondo e su come affrontare l’irrazionalità che si è impossessata della politica Leggi l’articolo in Azione
