📍 West Africa We believe in evidence-based drug policy grounded on public health and human rights. 💚 #EndTheDrugWar #SupportDontPunish #HarmReduction #WADPN
Accra, Ghana
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"Many drug users themselves are vulnerable. They require SUPPORT, not punishment. The question is not whether we enforce the law, but how we enforce it," Deputy Interior Minister Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi affirms.
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Indeed, enforcement alone has never solved the problem of drug use. Stakeholders share their perspectives during a two-day National Dialogue on Drug Policy, Human Rights, & Public Health held in Accra, #Ghana
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Today and tomorrow, drug policy experts, government agencies, community representatives, and other key stakeholders will convene in Accra to assess the state of #Ghana’s #drugpolicy landscape following the passage of the Narcotics Control Commission Act, 2020 (Act 1019).
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🇨🇴 Amb. Marcela Tovar, Colombia’s Perm. Representative to the UN in Vienna, shared this snap for the campaign’s #PhotoProject 💚
Colombia has helped to centre #HarmReduction in UN drug policy discussions, incl. through the 1st CND resolution to name it!
#SupportDontPunish
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How do punitive 'organised crime' policies harm women and families in Latin America?
Next week, we join the launch of 'Castigo extra', a new regional report examining this issue & proposing ways forward:
📅 30 Jun
🕔 17:00 Bogotá
Info & registration: ow.ly/217k50ZhuHs
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Across languages, borders and struggles, our call is the same:
Support. Don’t Punish.
Apoye. No Castigue.
Soutenez. Ne Punissez Pas.
Acolha. Não Puna.
สนับสนุน อย่าลงโทษ.
ندعم ولا نعاقب.
PROTECT LIFE.
#SupportDontPunish!
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OUR MESSAGE WILL NOT BE IGNORED.
Harm reductionists know what keeps our people alive.
Not more cages or police cars. Not the so-called “tough love” that leaves people uprooted and alienated.
But communities meeting people where they are at, with care and autonomy.
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To every organiser, peer worker, advocate, volunteer, artist and ally who mobilised this year — and across the previous fourteen — making our collective success truly global: YOU ARE THIS MOVEMENT. 💚
Speak up. Share. Donate. Document. Amplify.
supportdontpunish.org/donate
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TODAY, WE SHOW UP for ourselves and each other! 💚
In 237+ cities of 72+ countries, 1000s of campaigners are reclaiming 26 June: from a day used to legitimise punishment and violence into a show of force for care, dignity and rights.
#SupportDontPunish! supportdontpunish.org/join/
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It's 2026 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and as we reflect on this year's theme "World drug problem: persisting issues, new challenges, innovative responses." We are reminded of the urgency to change approach from punitive measures to healthcare.. 🧵
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Punitive drug policies do not keep our communities safe. They fuel stigma, violence, exclusion and preventable harm.
On #SupportDontPunish Day, we mobilise for a future rooted in harm reduction, decriminalisation, dignity and rights.
Learn more: supportdontpunish.org/join/
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🇹🇭 Thanks to Supatra Nacapew, Commissioner of Thailand’s NHRC, for joining our global call: #SupportDontPunish 💚
A health & human rights advocate, Ms Nacapew champions drug policies that reject stigma and centre harm reduction.
Join: supportdontpunish.org/photo-…
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As executions for drug offences reach unprecedented levels, @UNODC and CND must act.
@IDPCnet joins 60+ orgs urging UN drug control bodies to condemn the use of the death penalty for drug offences, in line w international law.
#SupportDontPunish!
Read: idpc.net/news/2026/06/over-6…
Punishment puts our communities at risk.
This #GlobalDayofAction is a reminder to place harm reduction at the centre via compassion, care & dignity
Let us choose support over stigma & health over punishment. Together, we can build safer, healthier communities. #SupportDontPunish
ALT 2026 World Drug Day Commemoration in Accra, Ghana.
#Ghana has launched #HarmReduction Guidelines, marking a shift to a public health approach to drug use. Developed with partnerships, the framework promotes compassionate, rights-based care, expands services, & integrates #HIV, #MentalHealth...
Read more: bit.ly/4g8zx0M
ALT An image of Ghana's National Harm Reduction Guidelines for Persons who Use Drugs on display.
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#Pride is more than just a celebration—it's the story of LGBTIQ+ communities coming together to protect, uplift, and resist.
@UN_Women stands in solidarity with LGBTIQ+ people and communities in all their diversity this #PrideMonth and every month of the year.
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YouthRISE Nigeria, in collaboration with @wadpn Nigeria Chapter, hosted the 2026 2nd Quarter Hybrid Training Workshop on Legislative Advocacy and Strategic Engagement Parliament.
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Women are not only experiencing the consequences of environmental crises — they are also leading #ClimateAction.
This #WorldEnvironmentDay and every day, the call to act #NowForClimate must also be a call to advance gender equality.
💚 Our statement: unwo.men/9rYp50Z80RY
