Anticipando la Sesión Especial de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas (UNGASS) en 2016, este informe tiene concretas recomendaciones para los Estados Miembros. Las cinco recomendaciones incluyen, poner la salud y seguridad comunitaria primero, asegurar acceso a medicamentos controlados, poner fin a la criminalización de usuarios de drogas, promover alternativas al encarcelamiento y fomentar innovaciones de políticas como mercados regulados.
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El sistema internacional de fiscalización de las drogas está provocando una crisis global por el acceso inequitativo a medicamentos controlados. De la población mundial, un estimado 5.5 billones de personas tienen un acceso pobre o inexistente a analgésicos opioides, resultando en un dolor y sufrimiento evitable en las personas alrededor del mundo.
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Poner la salud y la seguridad comunitaria en primer plano requiere de una re-orientación fundamental de las prioridades en los recursos y las políticas de un castigo punitivo fallido hacía intervenciones sociales y de salud.
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