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1. Shard Calculation

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Response:

Calculated Shard: 175 (from laksa142)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa175.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

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As a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, I have […]\nSIGN UP FOR EMAIL ALERTS","attrs_markdown":"[![GCDP logo](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA0MDAgMTE3Jz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/)\n\nToggle navigation\n\n- [About]()\n  - [Vision & Goal](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/vision-and-goal\/)\n  - [Commissioners](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/)\n  - [Governance](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/governance\/)\n  - [Secretariat](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/secretariat\/)\n  - [Careers](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/careers\/)\n  - [Contact](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/contact\/)\n- [Publications]()\n  - [Reports](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/gcdp-reports\/)\n  - [Position Papers](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/position-papers\/)\n  - [Annual Reports](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/annual-reports\/)\n  - [Event Reports](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/event-reports\/)\n  - [Policy Spotlight](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/policy-spotlight\/)\n  - [Newsletter](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/newsletter\/)\n- [Regional Commissions]()\n  - [Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy (LACDD)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/lacdd\/)\n  - [West Africa Commission on Drugs (WACD)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/wacd\/)\n  - [Eastern and Central European and Central Asian Commission on Drug Policy (ECECACD)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/ececacd\/)\n  - [Eastern and Southern Africa Commission on Drugs (ESACD)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/esacd\/)\n- [Media]()\n  - [Press Releases](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/press-releases\/)\n  - [Op-eds](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/op-eds\/)\n  - [News Highlights](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/news-highlights\/)\n  - [Audio \/ Podcasts](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/audio-podcasts\/)\n  - [Videos](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/videos\/)\n  - [Events](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/upcoming-events\/)\n  - [Media Mentions](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/media-mentions\/)\n  - [Media Inquiries](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/media-inquiries\/)\n- [VIRTUAL EXHIBITION](https:\/\/exhibition.globalcommissionondrugs.org\/)\n\n![Global Commission for Drug Policy](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/logo.png)\n\n![Global Commission for Drug Policy](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA0MzQgMTI4Jz48L3N2Zz4=)\n\n# Home\n# MOVING FROM  PROHIBITION  TO REGULATION\n## The Global Commission on Drug Policy advocates for a human rights based approach to drug policy.\n\n### [REPORTS](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/reports\/)\n### [POSITION PAPERS](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/position-papers\/)\n### [Media](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/media\/)\n\n## WHO WE ARE\n[ABOUT US \\>](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/vision-and-goal\/)\n\nThe Global Commission’s high-level political membership spearheads the overall  \n vision of moving from drug prohibition to legal regulation.\n\n[![](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMTkgMjcwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/louise-arbour\/)\n\n##### Louise Arbour\n###### Former High Commissioner for Human Rights, Canada\n\n[![](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMTkgMjcwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/pavel-bem\/)\n\n##### Pavel Bém\n###### Former Mayor of Prague, Czech Republic\n\n[![](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMTkgMjcwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/richard-branson\/)\n\n##### Richard Branson\n###### Entrepreneur, founder of the Virgin Group, United Kingdom\n\n[![](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMTkgMjcwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/fernando-henrique-cardoso\/)\n\n##### Fernando Henrique Cardoso\n###### Former President of Brazil  (Honorary Chair )\n\n[![](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMTkgMjcwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/maria-livanos-cattaui\/)\n\n##### Maria Livanos Cattaui\n###### Former Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce, Switzerland\n\n[![Helen Clark](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/helen-clark\/)\n\n##### Helen Clark\n###### Former Prime Minister of New Zealand ( Chair )\n\n[![Nicholas Clegg](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/nick-clegg\/)\n\n##### Nicholas Clegg\n###### Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom\n\n[![Ruth Dreifuss](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMTkgMjcwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/ruth-dreifuss\/)\n\n##### Ruth Dreifuss\n###### Former President of Switzerland\n\n[![Mohamed ElBaradei](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMTkgMjcwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/mohamed-elbaradei\/)\n\n##### Mohamed ElBaradei\n###### Director General Emeritus of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Egypt\n\n[![Geoff Gallop](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMTkgMjcwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/geoff-gallop\/)\n\n##### Geoff Gallop\n###### Former Premier of Western Australia\n\n[![Diego García-Sayán](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA1OTEgNjk2Jz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/diego-garcia-sayan\/)\n\n##### Diego García-Sayán\n###### Former Minister of Justice and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru\n\n[![César Gaviria](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/cesar-gaviria-2\/)\n\n##### César Gaviria\n###### Former President of Colombia\n\n[![Anand Grover](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/anand-grover\/)\n\n##### Anand Grover\n###### Former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, India\n\n[![Adeeba Kamarulzaman](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA1OTEgNjk2Jz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/adeeba-kamarulzaman\/)\n\n##### Adeeba Kamarulzaman\n###### Chief Executive Officer, Monash University Malaysia, and Pro Vice-Chancellor and President (Malaysia), Monash University Australia\n\n[![Michel Kazatchkine](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/michel-kazatchkine-2\/)\n\n##### Michel Kazatchkine\n###### Former Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria\n\n[![Aleksander Kwaśniewski](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/aleksander-kwasniewski-2\/)\n\n##### Aleksander Kwaśniewski\n###### Former President of Poland\n\n[![Ricardo Lagos](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/ricardo-lagos\/)\n\n##### Ricardo Lagos\n###### Former President of Chile\n\n[![Kgalema Motlanthe](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/kgalema-motlanthe-2\/)\n\n##### Kgalema Motlanthe\n###### Former President of South Africa\n\n[![Olusegun Obasanjo](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/olusegun-obasanjo-2\/)\n\n##### Olusegun Obasanjo\n###### Former President of Nigeria\n\n[![George Papandreou](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/george-papandreou\/)\n\n##### George Papandreou\n###### Former Prime Minister of Greece\n\n[![Michèle Pierre-Louis](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/michele-pierre-louis\/)\n\n##### Michèle Pierre-Louis\n###### Former Prime Minister of Haiti\n\n[![José Ramos-Horta](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/jose-ramos-horta\/)\n\n##### José Ramos-Horta\n###### Reelected President of Timor-Leste\n\n[![Juan Manuel Santos](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/juan-manuel-santos\/)\n\n##### Juan Manuel Santos\n###### Former President of Colombia\n\n[![Michel Sidibé](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/michel-sidibe-2\/)\n\n##### Michel Sidibé\n###### Former UNAIDS Executive Director and UN Under-Secretary General, Mali\n\n[![Javier Solana](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA1OTEgNjk2Jz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/javier-solana\/)\n\n##### Javier Solana\n###### Former European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Spain\n\n[![Cassam Uteem](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/cassam-uteem-2\/)\n\n##### Cassam Uteem\n###### Former President of Mauritius\n\n[![Ernesto Zedillo](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/commissioners\/ernesto-zedillo-2\/)\n\n##### Ernesto Zedillo\n###### Former President of Mexico\n\n[![](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA1MTMgMjIzJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/exhibition.globalcommissionondrugs.org\/)\n\n[![](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAxNDAgNDcnPjwvc3ZnPg==)](https:\/\/exhibition.globalcommissionondrugs.org\/)\n## Highlights\n[![Photo credit: John Armstrong. Extracted from this article.](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA0MDAgMjMwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/business-as-usual-has-failed-its-time-for-a-radical-shift-in-drug-policy\/ \"Business as usual has failed – it’s time for a radical shift in drug policy\")\n\n[Op-eds](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/category\/media\/op-eds\/)\n\n#### October 17, 2025\n#### [Business as usual has failed – it’s time for a radical shift in drug policy](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/business-as-usual-has-failed-its-time-for-a-radical-shift-in-drug-policy\/ \"Business as usual has failed – it’s time for a radical shift in drug policy\")\nBY RICHARD BRANSON Published on Virgin.com on 17 October 2025 The latest figures on drug fatalities registered in England in Wales in 2023, released today by the Office for National Statistics, underscore the deepening crisis facing the UK. Continuing \\[...\\]\n\n[![Photo taken from this article. Photo credit: Screenshot from NewsBreak.](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA0MDAgMjMwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/fentanyl-crisis-branson\/ \"The ‘war on drugs’ has failed. There’s another way to solve the US fentanyl crisis\")\n\n[Op-eds](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/category\/media\/op-eds\/)\n\n#### September 12, 2025\n#### [The ‘war on drugs’ has failed. There’s another way to solve the US fentanyl crisis](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/fentanyl-crisis-branson\/ \"The ‘war on drugs’ has failed. There’s another way to solve the US fentanyl crisis\")\nPublished in The Guardian on 12 September 2025 To defeat the cartels, governments should decriminalise personal use and create legal drug markets, says Richard Branson. And Richard Kilroy decries US military action against suspected drug-runners Your editorial on the so-called war on drugs (Donald \\[...\\]\n\n[![DIEGO GARCÍA-SAYAN](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA0MDAgMjMwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/the-criminalization-of-the-coca-leaf-a-denial-of-rights\/ \"The criminalization of the coca leaf: a denial of rights\")\n\n[Op-eds](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/category\/media\/op-eds\/)\n\n#### March 7, 2025\n#### [The criminalization of the coca leaf: a denial of rights](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/the-criminalization-of-the-coca-leaf-a-denial-of-rights\/ \"The criminalization of the coca leaf: a denial of rights\")\nIt is time to right the historical wrongs that led to the policy of subjecting the coca plant to absurd international controls BY DIEGO GARCÍA-SAYAN Published in El País on 07 March 2025 Less than two years ago, in July \\[…\\]\n\n[![Le Canada ne doit pas faire marche arrière en matière de toxicomanie](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA0MDAgMjMwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/le-canada-ne-doit-pas-faire-marche-arriere-en-matiere-de-toxicomanie-2\/ \"Le Canada ne doit pas faire marche arrière en matière de toxicomanie\")\n\n[Op-eds](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/category\/media\/op-eds\/)\n\n#### October 29, 2024\n#### [Le Canada ne doit pas faire marche arrière en matière de toxicomanie](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/le-canada-ne-doit-pas-faire-marche-arriere-en-matiere-de-toxicomanie-2\/ \"Le Canada ne doit pas faire marche arrière en matière de toxicomanie\")\nLe Canada a été pionnier en matière de réduction des méfaits en Amérique du Nord avec l’ouverture d’Insite à Vancouver, premier site de consommation supervisée (SCS) légal, en 2003 – près de deux décennies avant l’ouverture du premier site du \\[…\\]\n\n[![Richard\\_Pensive\\_\\_1\\_](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA0MDAgMjMwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/overdose-prevention-centres-should-be-everywhere\/ \"Overdose prevention centres should be everywhere\")\n\n[Op-eds](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/category\/media\/op-eds\/)\n\n#### September 2, 2024\n#### [Overdose prevention centres should be everywhere](https:\/\/globalcommissionondrugs.org\/overdose-prevention-centres-should-be-everywhere\/ \"Overdose prevention centres should be everywhere\")\nVery encouraged to read about the positive news that the Safer Drugs Consumption Facility in Glasgow, the first of its kind in the UK, will finally open its doors in October. 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Boilerpipe Text	MOVING FROM PROHIBITION TO REGULATION The Global Commission on Drug Policy advocates for a human rights based approach to drug policy. WHO WE ARE The Global Commission’s high-level political membership spearheads the overall vision of moving from drug prohibition to legal regulation. Louise Arbour Former High Commissioner for Human Rights, Canada Pavel Bém Former Mayor of Prague, Czech Republic Richard Branson Entrepreneur, founder of the Virgin Group, United Kingdom Fernando Henrique Cardoso Former President of Brazil (Honorary Chair ) Maria Livanos Cattaui Former Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce, Switzerland Helen Clark Former Prime Minister of New Zealand ( Chair ) Nicholas Clegg Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Ruth Dreifuss Former President of Switzerland Mohamed ElBaradei Director General Emeritus of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Egypt Geoff Gallop Former Premier of Western Australia Diego García-Sayán Former Minister of Justice and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru César Gaviria Former President of Colombia Anand Grover Former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, India Adeeba Kamarulzaman Chief Executive Officer, Monash University Malaysia, and Pro Vice-Chancellor and President (Malaysia), Monash University Australia Michel Kazatchkine Former Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Aleksander Kwaśniewski Former President of Poland Ricardo Lagos Former President of Chile Kgalema Motlanthe Former President of South Africa Olusegun Obasanjo Former President of Nigeria George Papandreou Former Prime Minister of Greece Michèle Pierre-Louis Former Prime Minister of Haiti José Ramos-Horta Reelected President of Timor-Leste Juan Manuel Santos Former President of Colombia Michel Sidibé Former UNAIDS Executive Director and UN Under-Secretary General, Mali Javier Solana Former European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Spain Cassam Uteem Former President of Mauritius Ernesto Zedillo Former President of Mexico Highlights March 7, 2025 The criminalization of the coca leaf: a denial of rights It is time to right the historical wrongs that led to the policy of subjecting the coca plant to absurd international controls BY DIEGO GARCÍA-SAYAN Published in El País on 07 March 2025 Less than two years ago, in July […] September 2, 2024 Overdose prevention centres should be everywhere Very encouraged to read about the positive news that the Safer Drugs Consumption Facility in Glasgow, the first of its kind in the UK, will finally open its doors in October. As a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, I have […] SIGN UP FOR EMAIL ALERTS
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[![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMTkgMjcwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/louise-arbour/) ##### Louise Arbour ###### Former High Commissioner for Human Rights, Canada [![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMTkgMjcwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/pavel-bem/) ##### Pavel Bém ###### Former Mayor of Prague, Czech Republic [![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMTkgMjcwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/richard-branson/) ##### Richard Branson ###### Entrepreneur, founder of the Virgin Group, United Kingdom [![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMTkgMjcwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/fernando-henrique-cardoso/) ##### Fernando Henrique Cardoso ###### Former President of Brazil (Honorary Chair ) [![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMTkgMjcwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/maria-livanos-cattaui/) ##### Maria Livanos Cattaui ###### Former Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce, Switzerland [![Helen Clark](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/helen-clark/) ##### Helen Clark ###### Former Prime Minister of New Zealand ( Chair ) [![Nicholas 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Gallop](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMTkgMjcwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/geoff-gallop/) ##### Geoff Gallop ###### Former Premier of Western Australia [![Diego García-Sayán](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA1OTEgNjk2Jz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/diego-garcia-sayan/) ##### Diego García-Sayán ###### Former Minister of Justice and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru [![César Gaviria](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/cesar-gaviria-2/) ##### César Gaviria ###### Former President of Colombia [![Anand 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[![Aleksander Kwaśniewski](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/aleksander-kwasniewski-2/) ##### Aleksander Kwaśniewski ###### Former President of Poland [![Ricardo Lagos](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/ricardo-lagos/) ##### Ricardo Lagos ###### Former President of Chile [![Kgalema Motlanthe](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAyMjAgMjcxJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/kgalema-motlanthe-2/) ##### Kgalema Motlanthe ###### Former President of South Africa [![Olusegun 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[![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA1MTMgMjIzJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://exhibition.globalcommissionondrugs.org/) [![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAxNDAgNDcnPjwvc3ZnPg==)](https://exhibition.globalcommissionondrugs.org/) ## Highlights [![Photo credit: John Armstrong. 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And Richard Kilroy decries US military action against suspected drug-runners Your editorial on the so-called war on drugs (Donald \[...\] [![DIEGO GARCÍA-SAYAN](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA0MDAgMjMwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/the-criminalization-of-the-coca-leaf-a-denial-of-rights/ "The criminalization of the coca leaf: a denial of rights") [Op-eds](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/category/media/op-eds/) #### March 7, 2025 #### [The criminalization of the coca leaf: a denial of rights](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/the-criminalization-of-the-coca-leaf-a-denial-of-rights/ "The criminalization of the coca leaf: a denial of rights") It is time to right the historical wrongs that led to the policy of subjecting the coca plant to absurd international controls BY DIEGO GARCÍA-SAYAN Published in El País on 07 March 2025 Less than two years ago, in July \[…\] [![Le Canada ne doit pas faire marche arrière en matière de toxicomanie](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA0MDAgMjMwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/le-canada-ne-doit-pas-faire-marche-arriere-en-matiere-de-toxicomanie-2/ "Le Canada ne doit pas faire marche arrière en matière de toxicomanie") [Op-eds](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/category/media/op-eds/) #### October 29, 2024 #### [Le Canada ne doit pas faire marche arrière en matière de toxicomanie](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/le-canada-ne-doit-pas-faire-marche-arriere-en-matiere-de-toxicomanie-2/ "Le Canada ne doit pas faire marche arrière en matière de toxicomanie") Le Canada a été pionnier en matière de réduction des méfaits en Amérique du Nord avec l’ouverture d’Insite à Vancouver, premier site de consommation supervisée (SCS) légal, en 2003 – près de deux décennies avant l’ouverture du premier site du \[…\] [![Richard\_Pensive\_\_1\_](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA0MDAgMjMwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/overdose-prevention-centres-should-be-everywhere/ "Overdose prevention centres should be everywhere") [Op-eds](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/category/media/op-eds/) #### September 2, 2024 #### [Overdose prevention centres should be everywhere](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/overdose-prevention-centres-should-be-everywhere/ "Overdose prevention centres should be everywhere") Very encouraged to read about the positive news that the Safer Drugs Consumption Facility in Glasgow, the first of its kind in the UK, will finally open its doors in October. As a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, I have \[…\] [![gcdp](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA0MDAgMjMwJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/global-commission-on-drug-policy-accountability-for-extrajudicial-killings-in-the-philippines-ending-the-war-on-drugs/ "Global Commission on Drug Policy – Accountability for Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines: Ending the War on Drugs") [Statements](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/category/media/statements/) #### March 11, 2025 #### [Global Commission on Drug Policy – Accountability for Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines: Ending the War on Drugs](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/global-commission-on-drug-policy-accountability-for-extrajudicial-killings-in-the-philippines-ending-the-war-on-drugs/ "Global Commission on Drug Policy – Accountability for Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines: Ending the War on Drugs") (Geneva, Switzerland - 11/03/2024) The Global Commission on Drug Policy acknowledges the arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who was detained at Manila's international airport on March 11, 2025, following an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court \[...\] ## SIGN UP FOR EMAIL ALERTS ![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA0MDAgMTE3Jz48L3N2Zz4=) ### About - [Vision and Goal](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/vision-and-goal/) - [Commissioners](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/) - [Governance](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/governance/) - [Secretariat](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/secretariat/) - [Careers](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/careers/) ### Links - [Reports](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/gcdp-reports/) - [Position Papers](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/position-papers/) - [Exhibition](https://exhibition.globalcommissionondrugs.org/) - [Contact](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/contact/) - [Media Inquiries](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/media-inquiries/) - [Newsletter Archive](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/newsletter/) ### Regional Commissions - [Latin American Commission On Drugs And Democracy (LACDD)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/lacdd/) - [Eastern And Central European And Central Asian Commission On Drug Policy (ECECACD)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/ececacd/) - [Eastern and Southern Africa Commission on Drugs (ESACD)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/esacd/) - [West Africa Commission on Drugs (WACD)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wacd/) [![Facebook](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAzMCAzMCc+PC9zdmc+)](http://www.facebook.com/globalcommissionondrugs) [![X (Twitter)](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAzMCAzMCc+PC9zdmc+)](https://x.com/globalcdp) [![YouTube](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAzMCAzMCc+PC9zdmc+)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMOAF-h9EzUda6M6_njLlTQ) [![LinkedIn](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAzMCAzMCc+PC9zdmc+)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/gcdp) [![BLUESKY](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAzMCAzMCc+PC9zdmc+)](https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text=Check%20out%20this%20amazing%20article!%20https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/) Copyright © 2026 Global Commission on Drug Policy. 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Readable Markdown	MOVING FROM PROHIBITION TO REGULATION The Global Commission on Drug Policy advocates for a human rights based approach to drug policy. WHO WE ARE The Global Commission’s high-level political membership spearheads the overall vision of moving from drug prohibition to legal regulation. [![](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/commissioner.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/louise-arbour/) Louise ArbourFormer High Commissioner for Human Rights, Canada [![](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image-19-1.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/pavel-bem/) Pavel BémFormer Mayor of Prague, Czech Republic [![](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image-20-1.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/richard-branson/) Richard BransonEntrepreneur, founder of the Virgin Group, United Kingdom [![](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image-21-1.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/fernando-henrique-cardoso/) Fernando Henrique CardosoFormer President of Brazil (Honorary Chair ) [![](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image-22-1.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/maria-livanos-cattaui/) Maria Livanos CattauiFormer Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce, Switzerland [![Helen Clark](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/helen-clark-220x271.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/helen-clark/) Helen ClarkFormer Prime Minister of New Zealand ( Chair ) [![Nicholas Clegg](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Nicholas-Clegg-220x271.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/nick-clegg/) Nicholas CleggFormer Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom [![Ruth Dreifuss](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ruth-dreifuss.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/ruth-dreifuss/) Ruth DreifussFormer President of Switzerland [![Mohamed ElBaradei](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mohamed-ElBaradei.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/mohamed-elbaradei/) Mohamed ElBaradeiDirector General Emeritus of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Egypt [![Geoff Gallop](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/geoff-gallop.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/geoff-gallop/) Geoff GallopFormer Premier of Western Australia [![Diego García-Sayán](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Diego-garcia-sayan.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/diego-garcia-sayan/) Diego García-SayánFormer Minister of Justice and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru [![César Gaviria](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cesar-gaviria.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/cesar-gaviria-2/) César GaviriaFormer President of Colombia [![Anand Grover](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/anan-grover.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/anand-grover/) Anand GroverFormer UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, India [![Adeeba Kamarulzaman](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Adeeba-kamarulzaman.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/adeeba-kamarulzaman/) Adeeba KamarulzamanChief Executive Officer, Monash University Malaysia, and Pro Vice-Chancellor and President (Malaysia), Monash University Australia [![Michel Kazatchkine](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Michel-Kazatchkine-220x271.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/michel-kazatchkine-2/) Michel KazatchkineFormer Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria [![Aleksander Kwaśniewski](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Aleksander-Kwasniewski-220x271.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/aleksander-kwasniewski-2/) Aleksander KwaśniewskiFormer President of Poland [![Ricardo Lagos](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Ricardo-Lagos.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/ricardo-lagos/) Ricardo LagosFormer President of Chile [![Kgalema Motlanthe](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kgalema-Motlanthe.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/kgalema-motlanthe-2/) Kgalema MotlantheFormer President of South Africa [![Olusegun Obasanjo](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Olusegun-Obasanjo.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/olusegun-obasanjo-2/) Olusegun ObasanjoFormer President of Nigeria [![George Papandreou](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/George-Papandreou-220x271.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/george-papandreou/) George PapandreouFormer Prime Minister of Greece [![Michèle Pierre-Louis](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Michele-Pierre-Louis.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/michele-pierre-louis/) Michèle Pierre-LouisFormer Prime Minister of Haiti [![José Ramos-Horta](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jose-Ramos-Horta.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/jose-ramos-horta/) José Ramos-HortaReelected President of Timor-Leste [![Juan Manuel Santos](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Juan-Manuel-Santos.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/juan-manuel-santos/) Juan Manuel SantosFormer President of Colombia [![Michel Sidibé](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Michel-Sidibe.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/michel-sidibe-2/) Michel SidibéFormer UNAIDS Executive Director and UN Under-Secretary General, Mali [![Javier Solana](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Javier-Solana.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/javier-solana/) Javier SolanaFormer European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Spain [![Cassam Uteem](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Cassam-Uteem.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/cassam-uteem-2/) Cassam UteemFormer President of Mauritius [![Ernesto Zedillo](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Ernesto-Zedillo.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/commissioners/ernesto-zedillo-2/) Ernesto ZedilloFormer President of Mexico [![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCA1MTMgMjIzJz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://exhibition.globalcommissionondrugs.org/) [![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0naHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmcnIHZpZXdCb3g9JzAgMCAxNDAgNDcnPjwvc3ZnPg==)](https://exhibition.globalcommissionondrugs.org/) Highlights [![Photo credit: John Armstrong. Extracted from this article.](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Business-as-usual-has-failed-%E2%80%93-its-time-for-a-radical-shift-in-drug-policy_RB_img_031-400x230.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/business-as-usual-has-failed-its-time-for-a-radical-shift-in-drug-policy/ "Business as usual has failed – it’s time for a radical shift in drug policy") [![Photo taken from this article. Photo credit: Screenshot from NewsBreak.](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Billionaire-Richard-Branson-Says-Trump-Bound-to-Fail-at-Militarizing-Drug-Law-Enforcement-NewsBreak-400x230.png)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/fentanyl-crisis-branson/ "The ‘war on drugs’ has failed. There’s another way to solve the US fentanyl crisis") [![DIEGO GARCÍA-SAYAN](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/60e5c57dfafdfb423006e7b1-400x230.webp)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/the-criminalization-of-the-coca-leaf-a-denial-of-rights/ "The criminalization of the coca leaf: a denial of rights") March 7, 2025 [The criminalization of the coca leaf: a denial of rights](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/the-criminalization-of-the-coca-leaf-a-denial-of-rights/ "The criminalization of the coca leaf: a denial of rights") It is time to right the historical wrongs that led to the policy of subjecting the coca plant to absurd international controls BY DIEGO GARCÍA-SAYAN Published in El País on 07 March 2025 Less than two years ago, in July \[…\] [![Le Canada ne doit pas faire marche arrière en matière de toxicomanie](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/183076ab3fbd35b0af89a6252e3adfcc-400x230.webp)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/le-canada-ne-doit-pas-faire-marche-arriere-en-matiere-de-toxicomanie-2/ "Le Canada ne doit pas faire marche arrière en matière de toxicomanie") [![Richard\_Pensive\_\_1\_](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Richard_Pensive__1_-400x230.jpg)](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/overdose-prevention-centres-should-be-everywhere/ "Overdose prevention centres should be everywhere") September 2, 2024 [Overdose prevention centres should be everywhere](https://globalcommissionondrugs.org/overdose-prevention-centres-should-be-everywhere/ "Overdose prevention centres should be everywhere") Very encouraged to read about the positive news that the Safer Drugs Consumption Facility in Glasgow, the first of its kind in the UK, will finally open its doors in October. 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