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November 20, 2017

Bereaved families lobby Prime Minister for decriminalisation and regulation of drugs

Parents who have lost children to illegal drugs are calling for the government to take control of the drugs market through legal regulation.
November 12, 2017

Trump 'must challenge Duterte's horrifying human rights abuses'

Amnesty is calling on President Trump to condemn President Duterte’s murderous ‘war on drugs’, and push him to investigate the unlawful killing of thousands of people around the country.
November 11, 2017

Drug seizures 'a minor business cost for organised crime'

The only way to take the market from criminals is to put governments in control by legally regulating drugs, says Transform Drug Policy Foundation.
September 13, 2017

Phillipines war on drugs 'targets children'

The apparent extrajudicial executions by Philippine police of two children over a three-day period underscores the need for a United Nations inquiry into President Rodrigo Duterte’s abusive “war on drugs,” Human Rights Watch says.
August 20, 2017

President Duterte threatens Phillipine human rights activists

President Duterte has instructed the police to shoot human rights activists who 'obstruct justice' in his violent 'war on drugs'.
November 9, 2015

Illicit drugs changing national economies and governance

The illicit drugs trade is now so powerful that it is virtually shaping the economies, governance and social fabric of entire nations, says a new report commissioned by Christian Aid.
January 3, 2013

UK aid contributes to hundreds of executions in Iran, says Reprieve

UK aid for Iran’s ‘War on Drugs’ is helping to send hundreds of people to death row, says the legal charity Reprieve.
December 15, 2012

Government urged to consider serious drugs law reform

The 'war on drugs' has failed, says a senior former British diplomat in Latin America, and a fresh approach to regulation is now needed.
December 15, 2012

Ending the silence on drugs law reform
November 9, 2010

Alcohol, drugs and science-based policy

Alcohol is the most dangerous drug in our society, and present UK drug classification systems bear little relation to the evidence of harm, according to a drugs expert sacked by the last government. Bob Carling probes behind the headlines and politics to look at the science policy issues and human concerns.