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In Ghana and Nigeria, punitive drug laws have contributed to prison overcrowding, HIV prevalence, and the isolation of people from healthcare systems. According to the West Africa Commission on Drugs, chaired by the late Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General, drug use should be treated primarily as a public health issue, not a criminal one.

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The harm reduction centre is the first of several planned to be established across the country to provide harm reduction services to PWUDs.

WADPN calls on the Nigerian Senate to abolish the death penalty for drug-related offences, as well as reconsider drastically reducing...

A coalition of civil society in West Africa urges West African heads of state to put people first when formulating laws and policies,...

The West Africa Drug Policy Network (WADPN), alongside partners IDNOWA, AWEYA, NSWA, Colibri Sud, and ICTHARAE, commenced a series of...

In a decisive move, the President of Liberia, H.E. Joseph Nyuma Boakai, has urgently called for a public health emergency to tackle the...

Sierra Leone's Chief Minister engages some experts on drug use as a public health concern and elicits a national approach to addressing...

Although the extent may be unknown, there is undeniable evidence of an unprecedented surge in the proliferation and consumption of a wide...