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Internationally, the drug policies created over the past 50 years have been a bust. The emphasis on prohibition and security has done...

The SDG target on illicit drug abuse is rightly placed under the Health goal (Goal 3), which, we would argue, should trigger reforms...

On 5th August 2015, the Ghana Chapter of West Africa Drug Policy Network (WADPN) organised a media workshop titled “The role of...

La consommation de la drogue en Afrique de l’Ouest prend des proportions très inquiétantes et la Côte d’Ivoire n’est pas une exception....

A landmark report by the West Africa Commission on Drugs (WACD) in June 2014, “Not Just for Transit: Drugs, the State and Society in West...

Le réseau Social Watch Bénin a réuni autour d’une table ronde ce mardi 11 aout 2015 à CODIAM les OSC et tous les acteurs impliqués dans...

La lutte qui bafoue la dignité et la santé humaine La deuxième édition des cours ouest-Africains sur les politiques publiques en matière...

THE SOCIETY AND THE DRUG POLICY SYSTEM Drugs are being known as any substances which changes ones behavior after its usage being it licit...

BONJOUR A TOUS ET A TOUTES. Avant tout propos permettez-moi de vous souhaiter la bienvenue à cette conférence de presse. En effet le...

No human being was born with sling of marijuana, a big bottle of concentrated or a stick of cigarette; society makes him or her drug...

Application Deadline: 29 July, 2015  (5:00pm) Topic: The role of Journalist in developing an evidenced based policy and drug strategy for...

Le rapport de la Commission Ouest Africaine des Drogues (WACD) intitulé «Pas seulement une zone de transit : Drogue, Etat et société en...

..Activists call for decriminalization of drug users Benin City. The Federal Government (FG) has launched a new, multi-sector National...

West Africa has a growing and worrying drug problem. Yet much of global drug policy has focused on reducing drug supply in South American...

Cela peut paraitre étrange mais c’est pourtant le mot d’ordre de la société civile africaine. Elle appelle non pas à punir les...

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today released its 2015 World Drug Report as the organization marked the International Day...

Imagine a world in which all people who have problems with substance abuse, especially women, will not suffer stigma but will be guided...

On or around the 26th June, activists and allies in more than 150 cities all around the world came out as part of the Support Don’t...

June 26 is the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Instituted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1987,...

IDPC Team Assistant Full time position Salary  £24,237 London The International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) is a global network of NGOs...