In early 2016 the United Nations General Assembly is to convene a special session on the world drug problem. Member states and non-government organisations (NGOs), through the Commission of Narcotic Drugs, were called upon to make submissions. The United Nations General Assembly does not favour “harm reduction” policies. In 2009 the UN under-secretary-general and executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in 2014…
