Funding tied to drug prevention programmes given to 92 lower-income countries, including Afghanistan after the Taliban takeoverAlmost $1bn (£800m) of aid has been spent on a global “war on drugs” over the past decade that has fuelled human rights abuses, according to a new report. “When you think about development, you don’t really think about it being used for those kinds of activities – you think of poverty reduction, working towards development goals on health or education,” said Catherine Cook, sustainable financing lead at HRI, which monitors the impact of drug policies. And yet, for all of the increasing resources poured into this, drugs are cheaper, more available, more potent than they’ve ever been,” he said