Helen Clark appointed chair of the Global Commission on Drug Policy
Original source: Stuff
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has been appointed the chair of the 26-member Global Commission on Drug Policy.
Clark succeeds the former President of the Swiss Confederation, Ruth Dreifuss, who has served as chair since 2016.
Since its establishment in 2011, the Global Commission has advocated for evidence-informed drug policy. and challenged a prohibitionist approach to drugs.
“The Global Commission was prepared to open up discussion on drug policy reform when that was still largely a taboo subject,” Clark said in a statement.