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We support a shift in the drug policy paradigm from today’s punitive approach to one rooted in human rights and public health.
Prohibition-based policies have led to a rise in drug-related violence, prison overcrowding, and an increase in HIV epidemics. The Global Drug Policy Program supports organizations that put forward alternatives.
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Human Rights Groups Push for an End to the War on Drugs
June 7, 2013 | by Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, David Holiday | 8 comments

Drug policy reform took center stage this week at a summit of the Americas with unprecedented support from human rights groups.

A New Beginning on Drug Policy
May 22, 2013 | by Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, David Holiday | 5 comments

A new report from the Organization of American States envisions possibilities for ending the war on drugs and introducing policies rooted in public health and human rights.

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Jailhouse Shock: Prison Guvs Say, “Count the Costs of the War on Drugs”
April 26, 2013 | by George Murkin | 2 comments
Prison officers are often the first to recognize that putting low level drug offenders in their custody is ineffective and harmful.
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