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 …