After a long gestation, the UN drug reform experiment suffered a miscarriage. It seems the UN is not the catalyst of change but its mirror. Reformers can learn many lessons – but can also be proud of their achievements.
UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)
The UN Summit on Drugs Ended Before It Began
The UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS) adopted the outcome document without a debate, right before the real discussion could have started.
Governments Disagree Over Global Drug Control – Video Report from the Commission on Narcotics Drugs 2016
Drugreporter’s video advocacy team filmed key speeches and interviewed some of the participants at the UN’s drug meeting in Vienna – please watch and share our movie!
Video Report of the UN Drug Debate
This March, our video advocacy team attended the 58th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the largest drug policy gathering in the world, to find out how governments and NGOs feel about the prospects of drug policy reform. We produced a series of short thematic videos, to give you an overview of the current state of political debate on the burning issues of international drug control.
The Same Old Russian Lies Against Methadone
The occupation of Crimea will have catastrophic consequences on the situation relating to HIV and drug-use
Breaking Down the Vienna Consensus on Drugs
The consensus behind global drug prohibition is fading – watch the new video we filmed at the high level UN meeting in Vienna and find out why!
Evo Morales at the CND in 2013
Watch the full speech of Evo Morales, president of Bolivia, at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, march 2013. Now with English and Spanish subtitles.
The UN on Drugs: Trends in 2013
Our movie gives you an insight of the 2013 trends of international drug control policies
Evo Morales Presents Coca-products at the UN
The president of Bolivia is addressing the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna – watch his speech with English subs!
UN Drug Czar: Detention Centers Must Be Closed
Our movie features the UN drug czar urging Asian governments to close down forced detention centers and provide access to evidence-based treatment instead
