IDPC: Stubborn progress in a fractured system: Reflections on a CND in transition

March 2026 marked my final UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) as Executive Director of IDPC. Sitting in the plenary, watching yet another round of fraught negotiations unfold, I found myself thinking back to my first CND in 2009—and just how much has changed but also the cyclical nature of geopolitics. Harm reduction – full […]