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There is a significant academic debate about decriminalization of marijuana in the country, and this has received some degree of...

There has been increasing discussion in public circles on the tenets of legalization of marijuana in Ghana in the wake of the call for a...

The University of Ghana School of Law, in collaboration with the Open Society Global Drug Policy Program and Open Society Initiative for...

The call for drug policy reform globally has been on the increase in recent times. Same can also be said of in West Africa where there is...

As government delegates and civil society organizations from all over the world gathered at the UN General Assembly Special Session...

Drug trafficking is fast becoming the most serious problem in West Africa. The sub- region has seen an increase in drug trafficking,...

A Circuit Court judge has waded into the debate on the legalisation of marijuana started by the Narcotics Control Board Executive...

We hear about drugs each and every day, but many have no or little idea about what it is, why we use it and the different kinds of drugs...

Opportunities for New Partnerships in the Wake of UNGASS Almost two decades after the proclamation of the goal of a “drug-free world”,...

The Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police has called for decriminalisation of cannabis, popularly referred to as ‘Wee’, to help...

Fifty-five years since the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs was adopted, creating the framework for the global drug control system,...

The Global Day of Action is one of the main activities of the SUPPORT. DON’T PUNISH campaign, and takes place on or around the 26th June...

La Journée d’action mondiale est une des principales activités de la campagne SOUTENEZ. NE PUNISSEZ PAS, et a lieu tous les ans le 26...

DRUGS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, YOUTH, WOMEN, CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES OF THE UNGASS BY MARIA-GORETTI ANE, IDPC CONSULTANT FOR AFRICA, WEST...

Global Commission on Drug Policy www.globalcommissionondrugs.org #GCDP2016 CONTACT: Tony Newman at press@globalcommissionondrugs.org, +1...

À l’heure actuelle, c’est presque devenu un cliché de dire que la guerre contre la drogue a échoué. L’approche prohibitionniste, qui...

By now, it has become almost a cliché to say that the war on drugs has failed. The prohibitionist approach, most fully articulated by...

Eighteen years ago, the United Nations General Assembly set an ambitious goal: To rid the world of illicit drugs within 10 years. It...

The UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs begins next week. It’s the most significant international drugs summit in twenty years,...

A Press Release from the West Africa Drug Policy Network (WADPN) – Liberia Chapter The Liberia Chapter of the West Africa Drug Policy...