This vote will send shockwaves through the global drug control regime —forced to grapple with its own inflexibility.

Indeed, last Friday 60+ countries had broken ranks from the Vienna orthodoxy by making the case for human rights & health oriented reform:
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This is huge! Congratulations to International Network of People who Use Drugs and all its members ⭐️💪❤️

A historic end to #CND67 with the breaking of the Vienna consensus & first #HarmReduction resolution adopted. Privileged to see so many countries speak out this week on the importance of harm reduction - a historic shift for evidence based #DrugPolicy 🙌🙌🙌

Very important and powerful panel at #CND67 brings Indigenous leaders from 🇳🇿🇨🇴🇨🇦🇦🇺 to call for Indigenous led #DrugPolicy . A much needed side event at CND to ⬇️ disproportionate harms, ⬆️ voice and build more effective drug policies.

Scott Wilson UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

It was an extraordinary privilege to serve the community as CEO of the national peak Hepatitis Australia for the four years.

The community response, the national strategies and the investment case are stronger than ever! Bring on 2030! #LeaveNoOneBehind hepatitisaustralia.com/news/hepatitis…

We welcome this historic and groundbreaking resolution—the first recognition of #HarmReduction by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs—as an important step to rebalance global drug policy towards effective, proven public health responses. #CND #EndTheDrugWar

UNAIDS welcomes the adoption of a crucial resolution recognizing #harmreduction measures at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs. #CND

Read statement: tinyurl.com/c933752c

📢 BREAKING —The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) recognises ' #HarmReduction ' in a historic *first*.

70%+ of the Commission's 53 members voted to keep the reference, despite Russia's & China's opposition.
#HarmReduction SavesLives
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'The so-called #WarOnDrugs in Aotearoa [New Zealand] is an assault on Indigenous communities. We are not a problem to be solved. We are architects of change'

~Tracey Potiki, International Indigenous Drug Policy Alliance at #CND67

There's now more time to get your abstract in for #VH2024 ! ⏰

Showcase your work in #hepatitis at the 14th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference in Garamilla (Darwin) this August.

Abstract submissions close Sunday, 7 April 2024 – submit now: buff.ly/48Sy6NB

'We're tired of the colonisers speaking for us. We're tired of minimising ourselves.'

~Gaby Bruning, International Indigenous Drug Policy Network with a sharp and necessary statement for #IndigenousPeoples rights at #CND67 and beyond

'Why in 2024 are Indigenous People still asking for a seat at the table' re drug policy that so profoundly impact us, Gaby Bruning for International IndigenousDrugPolicyAlliance Scott Wilson Te Rau Ora Thunderbird PF IDPC #cnd67

1/2 This will be one of most powerful side events at #CND67 . Speakers include: First Nations Dr Esther Tailfeathers, Indigenous community leader from coca growing region Yilmar Valenzuela Mosquera, Aboriginal Drug & Alcohol CEO Scott Wilson & @rauora Tracey Potiki Thunderbird PF

Major blind spot: Indigenous Peoples rights & decolonising drug policy

International Indigenous Drug Policy Alliance calls for Indigenous-led reform, self-determination & justice

“Indigenous People were the first harm reductionists” Melissa Sweet Helen Clark

Fantastic to see Canada showcase that their first priority to reduce stigma is meaningful engagement of people with lived and living experience in policy and program development, implementation and evaluation Melissa Sweet Helen Clark Harm Reduction International Penington Institute Alex Stevens

Paving the Way for the Future Uncovering & addressing Blind Spots in UN prohibition created illegal drug policies which is why we need effective decimalisation of drug markets Melissa Sweet Kasia Malinowska OSF Harm Reduction Penington Institute Harm Reduction International

The #ClosetheGapReport2024 will be at Parliament House today. Prepared by Lowitja Institute, it calls for the full implementation of the Closing the Gap Priority Reforms and key recommendations. #VoiceTreatyTruthandBeyond

Read the report: bit.ly/3PQNS4n

Czech Parliament looking at legislation to legalise all drugs in Regulated market of substances based on risk, also including Gambling ⁦Melissa Sweet⁩ ⁦Harm Reduction International⁩ ⁦Harm Reduction Vic⁩ ⁦Harm Reduction Aus⁩ ⁦Penington Institute⁩ ⁦UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs⁩

It’s taken a long time but I have noticed UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs 67 that there have been a number of countries who have advanced the case of the more than 600 million Indigenous peoples worldwide who are disproportionately affect by Drug Policies Scott Wilson Linda Burney MP Carrie Fowlie

'The war on drugs fuels racism, oppression, and neocolonialism.... I come from a region that continues to be plundered of its resources and witnesses rampant violence' from LANPUD and Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Awardee #CND67 #humanrights #peoplewhousedrugs