The Global Commission on Drug Policy produces technical and policy reports to ground evidence-based recommendations in human rights, health and development.

Political reports focus on drug policy reform generally and provide recommendations to countries in areas such as decriminalization; health and security; alternatives to incarceration for low-level people involved in the production, transport or selling of drugs; more intelligent measures against violent organizations and policy innovations such as legal, regulated markets. Technical reports have included the intersection between the war on drugs and HIV/AIDS; drug control, public health and hepatitis C; and the lack of access to controlled medicines. These reports seek to assist governments, international, regional and local organizations and journalists in a better understanding of the drug control system, and motivate humane and effective ways of reducing the harms caused by drugs and prohibition. Since 2011, the Global Commission has strongly advocated for a change in the international drug policy agenda, redirecting the conversation away from prohibition to a more balanced and purposeful discussion.

Time to End Prohibition

2021

The report ‘Time to End Prohibition’ marks the 10th anniversary of the Global Commission on Drugs.

Ten years after the establishment of the Global Commission, the taboo on drugs has been well and truly broken. In the last decade, there were impressive reforms around the world at national and sub-national levels. More and more countries are decriminalizing drug use, adopting innovative approaches based on public health, and legalizing formerly banned substances.

Recognition is growing that prohibition has failed to achieve its goals while having a detrimental impact on our societies. At the same time, the international drug control regime, created sixty years ago and built around the idea of a ‘drug-free world’, remains in place.

In this report, the Global Commission urges global leaders to review the international drug control conventions in order to build a serious, modern and responsible drug control framework based on science and evidence and centered on human rights. It also calls for a more prominent role of the World Health Organization in the scheduling of substances and in ensuring access to controlled essential medicines.

VIEW the virtual report launch which is scheduled for December 7, 2021 at 10am EDT / 3pm UTC / 4pm CET.

For more details and media requests contact us at secretariat@globalcommissionondrugs.org

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