This research shows that targeted periodic HIV testing and counselling is cost-effective and could lead to potential elimination of HIV in the region of Can Tho.

IDPC has started a drug policy mapping project across 10 countries in Asia to gain a better understanding of drug policy making in the region.

This report provides a snapshot of field experiences on voluntary and human rights-based harm reduction programmes in China, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Malaysia.

About 85 % of female inmates are being held for drug-related offences and Thailand, that has the world's highest number of women prisoners - almost 19,000 - after the United States.

International organisations have welcomed Thailand's decision to remove the leg shackles from death row inmates, but say other forms of ill treatment still need to be addressed.

The 10th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly Fact-Finding Committee will serve to strengthen collaborative efforts amongst the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly members in addressing drug issues.

The Economic and Social Council elected Professor Sri Suryawati (Indonesia) as a member of the International Narcotics Control Board.

Este informe de la ONUDD analiza las dinámicas del comercio ilícito en Asia oriental y el Pacífico: el cómo, dónde, cuándo, quién y por qué de los mercados de contrabando que afectan a la región.

The study, soon to be published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, assessed changes in the availability of five substances commonly used among people who inject drugs (IDUs) in Bangkok between 2009 and 2011.

This report was carried out to explore the information about health services accessed by former prisoners narcotics by taking samples in seven provincial cities in Indonesia.

La organización Rumah Cemara, con el apoyo de Youth Rise, ha desarrollado con éxito un programa comunitario que proporciona servicios a las personas afectadas por el consumo de drogas y el VIH en la ciudad indonesia de Bandung, y en el que han participado 50 jóvenes que usan drogas.

The consultant will be responsible for conducting a regional mapping exercise that covers 8 countries in Asia. The deadline for applications is 19 April 2013.

La red ANPUD considera que un reciente intento de defender los centros de ‘rehabilitación’ obligatoria basado en argumentos erróneos y estudios dudosos plantea una amenaza directa a los derechos humanos de las personas que usan drogas y a la dignidad de la sociedad en general.

24 years old Margarita Charykova was arrested in December 2012 in Moscow. She is facing up to ten years imprisonment for possession of the pain-killer, which was mixed with a home-made psychotropic stimulant.

La ONUDD y la ONUDI unirán fuerzas para promover desarrollo de base y medios de vida alternativos en comunidades pobres dependientes del cultivo de drogas ilícitas.

In Burma poppy cultivation grew 17% last year, according to UNODC and around 300,000 households in the country are currently engaged in its cultivation, Burma is now feeling increased pressure to tackle its drugs problem.

In February 2013, Rumah Cemara organised a capacity building training for 10 officers from Banceuy narcotics prison in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, to improve their knowledge on HIV, TB, drug dependence, etc.

The cultivation of drugs is a sign of poverty rather than a sign of wealth. Rather than a “war,” the treatment of the drug problem must be approached as development, security and health issues, the panelists of the workshop “Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor” said.

The Communications Assistant will be responsible for assisting with the coordination of various Communications projects.

Youth RISE is a youth-led network promoting evidence based drug policies and harm reduction strategies with the meaningful involvement of young people who use drugs and are affected by drug policies.