Severe sanctions against drug users increases criminality
The use of force and severe punishment against drug users have not reduced the growing problems associated with the consumption of...
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Oct 10, 20162 min read
Local Groups Collect Data on Illicit Drug Users Across Liberia
Madam Jodie Reid Seton of LIFE collecting information from a female drug user – ©2016-MHRN Monrovia – With the increasing wave of illicit...
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WADPN
Oct 10, 20165 min read
Drug Policy Reform gets a Foothold in West Africa
Photo: Regional Consultation on Drug Policy Reform in West Africa 19 – 20 January, 2016 in Accra, Ghana ahead of the UNGASS 2016. Two...
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WADPN
Oct 4, 20162 min read
Plaidoyer vers l'élaboration d'une Politique Nationale sur les Drogues en Guinée.
Le Phénomène d’usage, production et trafic de drogue est devenu une préoccupation majeure pour les pays d’Afrique l’Ouest. La plupart de...
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WADPN
Oct 3, 20162 min read
Nigeria, Others Urged to Stop Criminalization of Persons Hooked to Drugs
The Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse (CRISA), in collaboration with the Open Society Initiative in West Africa...
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WADPN
Sep 29, 20164 min read
Cruel Disciplinary Actions Against Drug Users are Mistakes of the Past; it’s Time for a New Approach
Barely 8 days more to make the international drug day, observed on the 26 June every year. Magistrate Binneh Kamara has on Friday 17 June...
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WADPN
Sep 28, 20165 min read
Les Politiques en Matière de Drogues sont-elles un Choix entre une Cage à Rats ou un Paradis pour Ra
Réflexion à l’Occasion de la Journée Internationale ontre l’Abus et le Trafic de Drogues Je suis récemment tombé sur un tweet suggérant...
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WADPN
Sep 15, 20163 min read
Third West Africa Executive Course on Human Rights and Drug Policy ends
West Africa looks forward with optimism; civil wars have receded, democracy has gained ground and economies are growing. But a...
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WADPN
Sep 9, 20165 min read
Plaidoyer auprès des Leaders Religieux pour Renforcer la Prévention et Faciliter l’accès aux Soins d
En 2011, le Conseil National de Lutte contre le Sida (CNLS) et le Centre régional de recherche et de formation sur la prise en charge du...
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WADPN
Sep 8, 20166 min read
The War on Drugs, a Total Disregard for Human Right
Marijuana has been used as a substance for achieving euphoria since ancient times. It was described in a Chinese medical abstract where...
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WADPN
Aug 16, 20163 min read
Rethinking Drug Control Policy in West Africa
June 26th marked the International Day against Drug abuse and illicit trafficking. It gave us the opportunity to reevaluate Drug Policy...
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WADPN
Aug 12, 20162 min read
‘Wee’ Users Should Not Be Arrested – The Executive Secretary of Ghana Narcotics Control Board
The Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Yaw Akrasi Sarpong believes a lenient paradigm shift is needed in the...
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WADPN
Aug 10, 20164 min read
How the ‘War on Drugs’ Entrenches Patterns of Drug Addiction
Since Richard Nixon famously called for an ‘all-out offensive’ on the war on drugs in 1971, the US government has funnelled a trillion...
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WADPN
Aug 10, 20161 min read
West Africa Drug Policy Network Trains CSO’s on Policy Advocacy and Communications Skills
The West African Drug Policy Network Sierra Leone Chapter (WADPN-SL) on Tuesday 19th July organized one-day training session for its...
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WADPN
Aug 10, 20162 min read
West Africa Drug Policy Network Chapter Calls on Sierra Leone Government to Stop Imprisoning Minor D
The West Africa Drug Policy Network Sierra Leone Chapter (WADPN-SL) in a float parade from Lumley to Aberdeen Beach last weekend called...
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WADPN
Aug 9, 20163 min read
The Need for Drug Policy Reform in Nigeria and West Africa
The 3rdExecutive Course on Human Rights and Drug Policy in West Africa recently hosted (25 – 30 July, 2016) by the Faculty of Law,...
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WADPN
Jul 27, 20162 min read
Decriminalise Narcotics Use as Part of Drug War
A Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana Law School, Dr Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, is advocating the decriminalisation of narcotics use...
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WADPN
Jul 19, 20163 min read
ECOWAS Epidemiology Experts Move Closer towards Greater Collection and Analyses of Drug Use Data
Epidemiology experts are moving closer towards greater, efficient and reliable collection and analyses of data on drug use in the West...
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WADPN
Jul 13, 20164 min read
Cannabis may be Harmful…but Criminalisation is more Harmful
I have read the article by Dr. Kwasi Osei, Acting Chief Executive Officer for Mental Health Authority where he raised concerns about...
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WADPN
Jul 8, 20162 min read
What Can West African Countries Learn from the USA, Portugal, and Netherlands about Marijuana Legali
Just like in West African countries, Canadian citizens have been discussing the legalization of marijuana for quite some time. And...
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