International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)
@idpc.net
The global network promoting drug policies grounded in social justice and human rights
⚠️ UNDP shows punitive drug policies worsen poverty, exclusion and gendered harms — deeply affecting women who use drugs.
🌱 Development must centre rights, gender equality and harm reduction, not punishment.
#EVAWUD2025
🌱 Development must centre rights, gender equality and harm reduction, not punishment.
#EVAWUD2025
Development dimensions of drug policy: Assessing new challenges, uncovering opportunities, and addressing emerging issues
UNDP charts a rights- and development-centred turn in drug policy, prioritising decriminalisation, harm reduction, equity-led transitions, and practical pathways to responsibly regulate some drug markets.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
⚠️ UNDP shows punitive drug policies worsen poverty, exclusion and gendered harms — deeply affecting women who use drugs.
🌱 Development must centre rights, gender equality and harm reduction, not punishment.
#EVAWUD2025
🌱 Development must centre rights, gender equality and harm reduction, not punishment.
#EVAWUD2025
📰 Media narratives often link drug use to GBV, masking the real drivers: patriarchy, stigma, and inequality.
🎯 Ethical communication centres survivors' needs, rejects sensationalism, and exposes systemic roots of violence.
#EVAWUD2025
🎯 Ethical communication centres survivors' needs, rejects sensationalism, and exposes systemic roots of violence.
#EVAWUD2025
Ethical communication on gender-based violence and substance use
This webinar by Dianova spotlighted how ethical, stigma-free communication can reshape public understanding of gender-based violence and substance use.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
📰 Media narratives often link drug use to GBV, masking the real drivers: patriarchy, stigma, and inequality.
🎯 Ethical communication centres survivors' needs, rejects sensationalism, and exposes systemic roots of violence.
#EVAWUD2025
🎯 Ethical communication centres survivors' needs, rejects sensationalism, and exposes systemic roots of violence.
#EVAWUD2025
🔌The IDPC Drug Decriminalisation [e]Course is back online! ✨
🎓 Learn what decriminalisation is and what it's not, how to advocate for it, and how to design rights-based models.
👉 Access for free & share widely with your networks:
🎓 Learn what decriminalisation is and what it's not, how to advocate for it, and how to design rights-based models.
👉 Access for free & share widely with your networks:
Drug Decriminalisation [e]Course
IDPC’s Drug Decriminalisation [e]Course is a free-to-access online learning course that is open to anyone interested in this important topic.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🔌The IDPC Drug Decriminalisation [e]Course is back online! ✨
🎓 Learn what decriminalisation is and what it's not, how to advocate for it, and how to design rights-based models.
👉 Access for free & share widely with your networks:
🎓 Learn what decriminalisation is and what it's not, how to advocate for it, and how to design rights-based models.
👉 Access for free & share widely with your networks:
🚨 Women are the fastest-growing prison population, jailed under punitive drug laws that punish poverty and survival.
🌱 Ending this violence calls for decriminalisation and gender-responsive harm reduction.
Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/nzihlcnudl
#EVAWUD2025
🌱 Ending this violence calls for decriminalisation and gender-responsive harm reduction.
Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/nzihlcnudl
#EVAWUD2025
International Drug Policy Consortium
The International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) is a global network of over 192 NGOs that promote objective and open debate on drug policy at national, regional and international level.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🚨 Women are the fastest-growing prison population, jailed under punitive drug laws that punish poverty and survival.
🌱 Ending this violence calls for decriminalisation and gender-responsive harm reduction.
Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/nzihlcnudl
#EVAWUD2025
🌱 Ending this violence calls for decriminalisation and gender-responsive harm reduction.
Learn more: https://f.mtr.cool/nzihlcnudl
#EVAWUD2025
💥The threat of ‘narcoterrorism’ is back - fueling military action, international law violations, and stigma.
🕊️ On the eve of #HumanRightsDay 2025, experts unpack what this resurgence means and what rights-based responses look like.
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🕊️ On the eve of #HumanRightsDay 2025, experts unpack what this resurgence means and what rights-based responses look like.
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The ‘narcoterrorism’ threat: Exploring avenues to uphold human rights amidst a new 'war on drugs'
As the 'narcoterrorism' rhetoric is weaponised to intensify the 'war on drugs', this event explores its human rights consequences and the mechanisms needed to ensure accountability and protect international law.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
💥The threat of ‘narcoterrorism’ is back - fueling military action, international law violations, and stigma.
🕊️ On the eve of #HumanRightsDay 2025, experts unpack what this resurgence means and what rights-based responses look like.
Register & share:
🕊️ On the eve of #HumanRightsDay 2025, experts unpack what this resurgence means and what rights-based responses look like.
Register & share:
Reposted by International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)
At Baan Sa-Mer Clinic, supported through our partnership with @idpc.net & Foundation for Action on Inclusion Rights, we met the team who deliver a holistic package of services, empowering communities, including substance use literacy, mental health counseling, sexual health services & legal support.
November 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
At Baan Sa-Mer Clinic, supported through our partnership with @idpc.net & Foundation for Action on Inclusion Rights, we met the team who deliver a holistic package of services, empowering communities, including substance use literacy, mental health counseling, sexual health services & legal support.
On Intn'l Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we highlight the pervasive, often hidden violence faced by women & gender-diverse people who use drugs.
Criminalisation, stigma, and punitive systems fuel harm + must be tackled as part of ending GBV. #EVAWUD2025 @whrinetwork.bsky.social
Criminalisation, stigma, and punitive systems fuel harm + must be tackled as part of ending GBV. #EVAWUD2025 @whrinetwork.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
On Intn'l Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we highlight the pervasive, often hidden violence faced by women & gender-diverse people who use drugs.
Criminalisation, stigma, and punitive systems fuel harm + must be tackled as part of ending GBV. #EVAWUD2025 @whrinetwork.bsky.social
Criminalisation, stigma, and punitive systems fuel harm + must be tackled as part of ending GBV. #EVAWUD2025 @whrinetwork.bsky.social
🇨🇦 #HarmReduction measures may not be 'popular', but they're lifesaving.
B.C Human Rights Commissioner calls on gov to embrace compassion: https://f.mtr.cool/vdzecddndx
B.C Human Rights Commissioner calls on gov to embrace compassion: https://f.mtr.cool/vdzecddndx
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🇨🇦 #HarmReduction measures may not be 'popular', but they're lifesaving.
B.C Human Rights Commissioner calls on gov to embrace compassion: https://f.mtr.cool/vdzecddndx
B.C Human Rights Commissioner calls on gov to embrace compassion: https://f.mtr.cool/vdzecddndx
TOMORROW — Join the launch of #BeyondNumbers, on #HarmReduction in South-Eastern Europe, from service shutdowns to models of resilience.
🕙 13:00 CET
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🕙 13:00 CET
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Harm reduction across South-Eastern Europe: struggle and hope beyond the numbers
This webinar examines the crossroads facing harm reduction in South-Eastern Europe, shining a light on service shutdowns, innovation, and the community resilience keeping people alive.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
TOMORROW — Join the launch of #BeyondNumbers, on #HarmReduction in South-Eastern Europe, from service shutdowns to models of resilience.
🕙 13:00 CET
Register & join! 👇👇👇
🕙 13:00 CET
Register & join! 👇👇👇
The impact of the 2025 aid cuts on #HarmReduction is severe — but communities, UN partners, and states won't stay silent.
🔴 WATCH 'Investing in life-saving harm reduction' - an event at the UN CND:
🔴 WATCH 'Investing in life-saving harm reduction' - an event at the UN CND:
CND Intersessional meeting - Thematic discussions on the implementation of all international drug policy commitments following up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration (Autumn 2025)
A CND event to review global drug policy progress, address urgent health challenges, and prepare for 2028 stock-taking and reforms.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The impact of the 2025 aid cuts on #HarmReduction is severe — but communities, UN partners, and states won't stay silent.
🔴 WATCH 'Investing in life-saving harm reduction' - an event at the UN CND:
🔴 WATCH 'Investing in life-saving harm reduction' - an event at the UN CND:
Reposted by International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)
The #GCDP expresses grave concern over recent lethal airstrikes authorized by the United States on boats in the vicinity of Latin America and the Caribbean, which are allegedly linked to drug trafficking.
Read our full statement: globalcommissionondrugs.org/u-s-lethal-s...
#DrugPolicy
Read our full statement: globalcommissionondrugs.org/u-s-lethal-s...
#DrugPolicy
U.S. Lethal Strikes in Caribbean Expose the Failures of Punitive Drug War - Global Commission on Drug Policy
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November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The #GCDP expresses grave concern over recent lethal airstrikes authorized by the United States on boats in the vicinity of Latin America and the Caribbean, which are allegedly linked to drug trafficking.
Read our full statement: globalcommissionondrugs.org/u-s-lethal-s...
#DrugPolicy
Read our full statement: globalcommissionondrugs.org/u-s-lethal-s...
#DrugPolicy
In a direct attack on #RightToLife safeguards, the US is reviving '#WarOnDrugs' language to justify extrajudicial killings without due process vs. people pose no imminent threat.
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Must listen:
EJIL: The Podcast! Episode 39: Holding the Line
In this episode, Philippa Webb (Oxford) and Marko Milanovic (Reading) are joined by Nicolas Angelet (Ghent) and Oona Hathaway (Yale) to discuss the legality of the US strikes against suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and the additional threats made by the United States against Venezuela, which include a possible land invasion. The hosts and […]
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November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
In a direct attack on #RightToLife safeguards, the US is reviving '#WarOnDrugs' language to justify extrajudicial killings without due process vs. people pose no imminent threat.
Must listen:
Must listen:
🌱 From ancestral medicine to contemporary regulatory challenge, coca is under review.
On 3 Dec., in Vienna, this event will shed light on policy, rights, and evidentiary implications.
Join! 👇
On 3 Dec., in Vienna, this event will shed light on policy, rights, and evidentiary implications.
Join! 👇
Rethinking coca: Indigenous knowledge, science, and international drug policy
Join researchers, policymakers and Andean community voices at CEU Vienna to explore coca’s cultural, scientific and political dimensions — and what the WHO’s review means for global drug governance.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🌱 From ancestral medicine to contemporary regulatory challenge, coca is under review.
On 3 Dec., in Vienna, this event will shed light on policy, rights, and evidentiary implications.
Join! 👇
On 3 Dec., in Vienna, this event will shed light on policy, rights, and evidentiary implications.
Join! 👇
📰 @drugreporter.bsky.social reports:
The recent home search of Hungarian political candidate Alexander Horváth shows how drug-related accusations are used for political intimidation.
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The recent home search of Hungarian political candidate Alexander Horváth shows how drug-related accusations are used for political intimidation.
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Weaponising the drug war: Police raid opposition candidate in Budapest
A recent search of the home of Hungarian political candidate Alexander Horváth highlights how drug-related accusations can be used as a tool for political intimidation.
idpc.net
October 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
📰 @drugreporter.bsky.social reports:
The recent home search of Hungarian political candidate Alexander Horváth shows how drug-related accusations are used for political intimidation.
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The recent home search of Hungarian political candidate Alexander Horváth shows how drug-related accusations are used for political intimidation.
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🌿WHO’s first-ever critical review of the coca leaf could finally end decades of injustice. We call for full descheduling!
Live transcripts of yesterday's public info session at:
Live transcripts of yesterday's public info session at:
48th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) - Public information session - 20 October 2025 - CND Blog
While the CND Blog usually covers meetings of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, we are exceptionally reporting on this public session of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence due to its direct relevance to the forthcoming CND vote on the scheduling of the coca leaf, expected in March 2026. The forty-eighth Expert Committee on Drug Dependence …
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October 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🌿WHO’s first-ever critical review of the coca leaf could finally end decades of injustice. We call for full descheduling!
Live transcripts of yesterday's public info session at:
Live transcripts of yesterday's public info session at:
Despite saving lives across Europe, barriers to #naloxone access and availability remain. This webinar explores ongoing advocacy to overcome them.
🗓️ 5 Nov.
⏰ 13:00 - 14:30 (CET)
📍 Online registration ↓↓↓
🗓️ 5 Nov.
⏰ 13:00 - 14:30 (CET)
📍 Online registration ↓↓↓
Scaling up naloxone access in Europe: overcoming challenges
This webinar highlights progress, persistent barriers, and advocacy efforts to expand this harm reduction intervention's life-saving availability.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Despite saving lives across Europe, barriers to #naloxone access and availability remain. This webinar explores ongoing advocacy to overcome them.
🗓️ 5 Nov.
⏰ 13:00 - 14:30 (CET)
📍 Online registration ↓↓↓
🗓️ 5 Nov.
⏰ 13:00 - 14:30 (CET)
📍 Online registration ↓↓↓
🌱 The WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) is holding its 48th meeting, with the coca leaf finally under critical review. A historic moment for evidence, equity, and Indigenous rights!
https://f.mtr.cool/zyxqikgorw
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https://f.mtr.cool/zyxqikgorw
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48th meeting of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD)
The WHO's ECDD meeting will assess the critical reviews of a handful of substances, including the coca leaf, guiding future international scheduling decisions, with major implications for Indigenous rights.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🌱 The WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) is holding its 48th meeting, with the coca leaf finally under critical review. A historic moment for evidence, equity, and Indigenous rights!
https://f.mtr.cool/zyxqikgorw
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https://f.mtr.cool/zyxqikgorw
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🚫 For too long, global drug control has ignored the human cost.
At #HRC60, w @globalcdp.bsky.social, we called for drug policies that ensure human rights compliance at every level.
WATCH:
At #HRC60, w @globalcdp.bsky.social, we called for drug policies that ensure human rights compliance at every level.
WATCH:
Drug policy reform: A powerful tool to prevent serious human rights violations
The event will explore how drug policy reform can prevent serious human rights violations, broaden discussions beyond health, and highlight pathways toward decriminalisation, the abolition of the death penalty, and international cooperation.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🚫 For too long, global drug control has ignored the human cost.
At #HRC60, w @globalcdp.bsky.social, we called for drug policies that ensure human rights compliance at every level.
WATCH:
At #HRC60, w @globalcdp.bsky.social, we called for drug policies that ensure human rights compliance at every level.
WATCH:
📄 NEW IN @science.org! 🌱 Research shows coca & cocaine have been wrongly conflated in law — with harmful effects on science and rights. The coca review process is an opportunity for redress!
Scientific distinctions between coca and cocaine support policy reform
White et al. argue that scientific, cultural and legal evidence clearly distinguishes coca from cocaine — and that global drug policy must correct this long-standing misclassification rooted in colonial bias.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
📄 NEW IN @science.org! 🌱 Research shows coca & cocaine have been wrongly conflated in law — with harmful effects on science and rights. The coca review process is an opportunity for redress!
Last week the #HRC60 made history. Resolution L.31 was adopted by consensus — placing human rights at the heart of global drug policy.
Read & share our analysis: https://f.mtr.cool/nmatmbscdf
Read & share our analysis: https://f.mtr.cool/nmatmbscdf
October 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Last week the #HRC60 made history. Resolution L.31 was adopted by consensus — placing human rights at the heart of global drug policy.
Read & share our analysis: https://f.mtr.cool/nmatmbscdf
Read & share our analysis: https://f.mtr.cool/nmatmbscdf
At the UNAIDS PCB Special Session, IDPC joined INPUD & HRI to warn against plans to 'sunset' UNAIDS.
An early closure would endanger progress on #HarmReduction & #HumanRights-
Read the statement:
An early closure would endanger progress on #HarmReduction & #HumanRights-
Read the statement:
Joint statement on the proposed sunsetting of UNAIDS - Special session of the Programme Coordinating Board (PCB)
IDPC joined INPUD and HRI in expressing deep concern over plans to “sunset” UNAIDS, warning that its premature closure would endanger progress on harm reduction and human rights.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
At the UNAIDS PCB Special Session, IDPC joined INPUD & HRI to warn against plans to 'sunset' UNAIDS.
An early closure would endanger progress on #HarmReduction & #HumanRights-
Read the statement:
An early closure would endanger progress on #HarmReduction & #HumanRights-
Read the statement:
🇨🇦 IDPC joins 200+ orgs worldwide urging Canada to show leadership for the @GlobalFund's 8th Replenishment. We call on PM @mark-carney.bsky.social to pledge CAD$1.37 bn.
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Canada must show leadership for Global Fund’s 8th replenishment - Open letter
IDPC joins civil society worldwide in calling on Canada to reaffirm its leadership in global health by pledging CAD$1.37 billion to the Global Fund, saving millions of lives and strengthening global resilience.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
🇨🇦 IDPC joins 200+ orgs worldwide urging Canada to show leadership for the @GlobalFund's 8th Replenishment. We call on PM @mark-carney.bsky.social to pledge CAD$1.37 bn.
Read & share the letter:
Read & share the letter:
🌱 THIS FRIDAY — Join experts, including Indigenous voices, exploring the coca leaf beyond Prohibition, towards justice, sustainability and the recognition of ancestral culture.
When? Fri. 17 Oct. 18:00
Where? SOAS University
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When? Fri. 17 Oct. 18:00
Where? SOAS University
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Coca talks - Futuro coca
This dialogue at SOAS explores the coca leaf beyond prohibition — as a bridge between Indigenous knowledge, environmental justice, and drug policy reform. Featuring voices from Colombia and beyond.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🌱 THIS FRIDAY — Join experts, including Indigenous voices, exploring the coca leaf beyond Prohibition, towards justice, sustainability and the recognition of ancestral culture.
When? Fri. 17 Oct. 18:00
Where? SOAS University
More info:
When? Fri. 17 Oct. 18:00
Where? SOAS University
More info:
⚖️ The #HRC60 just reset the terms of global drug policy. Res L.31, adopted by consensus, affirms this issue as firmly embedded within the human rights mandate.
🔎 Our analysis: https://f.mtr.cool/zxyezoyhfa
🔎 Our analysis: https://f.mtr.cool/zxyezoyhfa
October 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
⚖️ The #HRC60 just reset the terms of global drug policy. Res L.31, adopted by consensus, affirms this issue as firmly embedded within the human rights mandate.
🔎 Our analysis: https://f.mtr.cool/zxyezoyhfa
🔎 Our analysis: https://f.mtr.cool/zxyezoyhfa
🛑 Europe can’t punish its way out of drug problems — IDPC’s 6 asks call on the European Commission to commit to a balanced EU Drug Strategy.
📝 Full contribution: https://f.mtr.cool/qpjmozdixj
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📝 Full contribution: https://f.mtr.cool/qpjmozdixj
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October 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🛑 Europe can’t punish its way out of drug problems — IDPC’s 6 asks call on the European Commission to commit to a balanced EU Drug Strategy.
📝 Full contribution: https://f.mtr.cool/qpjmozdixj
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📝 Full contribution: https://f.mtr.cool/qpjmozdixj
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