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Amplifying the voice of the silent majority

We see it as our duty to amplify the voice of the silent majority. The vast majority of the global population does not use illicit drugs and wants to live in communities free from drug-related harm. This is one of the messages from the first session of the Istanbul Initiative.

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Government investments in alcohol industry up against the wall

Four Norwegian NGOs are running a new campaign putting Norwegian politicians, if not up against the wall then up on the wall, to exclude alcohol investments from the government’s “Oil Fund”. The message of the campaign is that these investments go contrary to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Avslører Heinekens metoder i Afrika

Samarbeid med diktatorer og en krigsforbryter. Skatteunngåelser. Korrupsjon på høyt nivå. Uetisk markedsføring. Utnyttelse av svake politiske systemer. Superprofitt på ølsalg. Bruk av unge jenter som lokkeduer for salg av Heineken-øl. Gravejournalisten Olivier van Beemen har avslørt hvordan storselskapet Heineken opererer i Afrika.

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People’s Voice – the roar of the silent majority

Not all is bad, but it’s not all good either. This is the assessment of ten years of drug policy debate in the UN system, presented in the report “Peoples’ Voice” that was recently co-published by Drug Policy Futures and FORUT. The report has a critical analysis of the ongoing drug policy discourse and also a recommendation for policy areas that national governments should prioritize in the next ten years.

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