In this article, Maria Goretti Ane-Loglo, a legal practitioner and IDPC focal point for Africa, provides a strong argument for the decriminalisation of drug use in Ghana. Ane-Loglo posits an evidence-based argument for the need to move towards a new policy approach in tackling drug use. The proposed approach moves away from current methods, and measures progress against public health indicators, such as the number of people receiving treatment, rather than against the number of seizures and arrests.
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