‘Worrying’ War on Drugs Rhetoric Comes with Human, Financial Costs By Ed Holt Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/02/worrying-war-on-drugs-rhetoric-comes-with-human-financial-costs/ BRATISLAVA, Feb 19 2026 (IPS) - Drug reform campaigners have called for an overhaul of global drug controls amid an increasingly complex and deadly drug situation in the world and as hardline anti-drug approaches are increasingly being used as cover for repression of civil society and human rights defenders. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.