INCB REPORT CALLS FOR DRUG POLICIES THAT TAKE WOMEN INTO ACCOUNT, AS COUNTRIES REGISTER DISPROPORTIONATE RISE IN OVERDOSES AMONG FEMALES
In its 2016 Annual Report, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB):
- Calls for gender-sensitive drug policies and programmes, better health-care access for drug-dependent women and more funding to prevent and treat drug abuse among women
- Condemns the extrajudicial targeting of people suspected of illicit drug-related activity
- Calls on States to abolish the death penalty for drug-related offences
- Encourages States to consider alternatives to imprisonment for minor drug-related offences
- Reaffirms that legalizing cannabis for non-medical use is incompatible with international legal obligations
At a time when countries are reporting a disproportionate increase in drug overdoses among women, the Vienna-based INCB in its Annual Report for 2016 is calling on Governments to do more to take women into account in their drug policies and programmes.
(INCB, press release, 02.03.2017)
https://www.incb.org/documents/Publications/AnnualReports/AR2016/LAUNCH/PressRelease2017.pdf