Shifting negative responses to drug use is a human rights issue
It is vital for decision-makers working to change drugs policy to recognise the degree to which the criminalisation of drugs and drug use is deeply steeped in xenophobic and racist views of the world. This is according to Ethan Nadelmann, the keynote speaker at the opening event of the SA Drug Policy Week (SADPW) conference currently taking place in Cape Town. Nadelmann is widely regarded as the outstanding proponent of […]