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The use of force and severe punishment against drug users have not reduced the growing problems associated with the consumption of...

Madam Jodie Reid Seton of LIFE collecting information from a female drug user – ©2016-MHRN Monrovia – With the increasing wave of illicit...

Photo: Regional Consultation on Drug Policy Reform in West Africa 19 – 20 January, 2016 in Accra, Ghana ahead of the UNGASS 2016. Two...

Le  Phénomène d’usage, production et trafic de drogue est devenu une préoccupation majeure pour les pays d’Afrique l’Ouest. La plupart de...

The Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse (CRISA), in collaboration with the Open Society Initiative in West Africa...

Barely 8 days more to make the international drug day, observed on the 26 June every year. Magistrate Binneh Kamara has on Friday 17 June...

Réflexion à l’Occasion de la Journée Internationale ontre l’Abus et le Trafic de Drogues Je suis récemment tombé sur un tweet suggérant...

West Africa looks forward with optimism; civil wars have receded, democracy has gained ground and economies are growing. But a...

En 2011, le Conseil National de Lutte contre le Sida (CNLS) et le Centre régional de recherche et de formation sur la prise en charge du...

Marijuana has been used as a substance for achieving euphoria since ancient times. It was described in a Chinese medical abstract where...

June 26th marked the International Day against Drug abuse and illicit trafficking. It gave us the opportunity to reevaluate Drug Policy...

The Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Yaw Akrasi Sarpong believes a lenient paradigm shift is needed in the...

Since Richard Nixon famously called for an ‘all-out offensive’ on the war on drugs in 1971, the US government has funnelled a trillion...

The West African Drug Policy Network Sierra Leone Chapter (WADPN-SL) on Tuesday 19th July organized one-day training session for its...

The West Africa Drug Policy Network Sierra Leone Chapter (WADPN-SL) in a float parade from Lumley to Aberdeen Beach last weekend called...

The 3rdExecutive Course on Human Rights and Drug Policy in West Africa recently hosted (25 – 30 July, 2016) by the Faculty of Law,...

A Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana Law School, Dr Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, is advocating the decriminalisation of narcotics use...

Epidemiology experts are moving closer towards greater, efficient and reliable collection and analyses of data on drug use in the West...

I have read the article by Dr. Kwasi Osei, Acting Chief Executive Officer for Mental Health Authority where he raised concerns about...

Just like in West African countries, Canadian citizens have been discussing the legalization of marijuana for quite some time.  And...