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Drug Policy Reform

Prohibition-based policies have led to a rise in drug-related violence, prison overcrowding, and an increase in HIV epidemics. The Open Society Foundations support organizations that put forward alternatives.

Open Society Voices

Human Rights Groups Push for an End to the War on Drugs

June 7, 2013 by Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, David Holiday 8

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

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.

Will Brazil Support Compulsory Drug Treatment?

May 15, 2013 by Julita Lemgruber

If compulsory treatment of people with drug dependence has been condemned by jurists as unconstitutional and by health care professionals as a complete absurdity—why would the Brazilian government support such an approach?