title: Global: commission on drug policy declares drug war a failure, urges reforms.
abstract: The Global Commission on Drug Policy recently declared in a report that the global "war on drugs" has failed. The report calls for a new approach to reduce drug abuse by replacing the current strategy of criminalization and incarceration of people who use drugs with the adoption of drug policies based on sound scientific evidence as well as on human rights and public health principles.
authors.affiliation: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. lsimms@aidslaw.ca
authors.forename: Lindsey
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Amèrica-Simms
mesh_terms: D006806:Human Rights; D038622:Internationality; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D014480:United Nations