Explainer: What is the Commission on Narcotic Drugs?
UNODC
Globally, the number of people who used drugs rose to 316 million in 2023, a historic high. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) 2025 World Drug Report shows that a new era of global instability has intensified challenges in addressing the world drug problem, empowering organized crime groups and underscoring the need to strengthen responses, cross-border cooperation and judicial action that targets key actors driving these networks. The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the United Nations’ central drug policy-making body, is meeting from 9-13 March 2026 to take stock of progress made in the implementation of international drug policy commitments.
