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Global Drug Policy Index

  • November 8, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Global Drug Policy Index

Subject – Governance

Context – A ranking of countries on drug policies and implementation

Concept –

  • The inaugural Global Drug Policy Index, released by the Harm Reduction Consortium, ranks Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, the UK and Australia as the five leading countries on humane and health-driven drug policies.
  • The five lowest-ranking countries are Brazil, Uganda, Indonesia, Kenya, and Mexico.
  • India’s rank is 18 out of 30 countries.
  • It is a data-driven global analysis of drug policies and their implementation.
  • It is composed of 75 indicators running across five broad dimensions of drug policy:
    • criminal justice,
    • extreme responses,
    • health and harm reduction,
    • access to internationally controlled medicines, and
    • development

Global Drug Policy Index Governance

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