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Jokowi must rethink war on drugs: experts

INDONESIA'S punitive "war on drugs" which saw two Australians executed last month must be replaced with evidence-backed approaches, experts say.

Indonesia's punitive
Indonesia's punitive "war on drugs" must be replaced with evidence-backed approaches, experts say.

INDONESIA'S president should drop the death penalty and adopt strategies that are proven to reduce drug harm, say experts in the leading health journal, The Lancet.

JOKO Widodo has committed to sending more than 60 death row drug offenders to the firing squad, demonstrated last month with the executions of eight men, including Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan.

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