These scenarios are stories about what 'could' happen in the future in and around the hemispheric drug system, based on current trends, and including relevant political, economic, social, cultural and international dynamics.

LEAHN launched a statement of support at the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna gathering over 4,000 signatures in favour of harm reduction.

The WACD delegation to Ghana met representatives of the civil society, the international community and health experts to discuss the impact of drug trafficking and consumption on governance, security and public health in Ghana and West Africa.

This report shows, through interviews with nine people whose lives have been directly affected by stop and search, the disproportionality and ethnic prejudice of law enforcement practices.

This report highlights the links between poverty, long-term drug use, poor underlying health and the impact of drug deaths on families.

OSF is working with communities to document discriminatory ethnic profiling and the problem and working with police to find solutions.

This new publication by Intercambios analyses working strategies used to address problematic drug use.

This report focuses on public health and safety approach to drug policies in New York.

The mayor of Bogota has recently proposed a pilot scheme for people dependent on crack cocaine to be treated with marijuana.

The objective of the meeting was to share experiences from the various harm reduction regions and to discuss on strengthening organizational development for a resilient harm reduction network which will cover the Eastern Africa region.

This project, financed by the Life Long Learning Grundtvig Programme, will document best practice examples in different European countries and develop training to promote work and social (re)integration.

A new Advisory Board will bring together key experts to help shape future policy in tackling female offending and drive through reforms.

Stigmatisation has a profound effect on the lives of people who use drugs. Efforts need to be made to diminish inflated fears about users.

SENSE invites the authorities to consider the unintended consequences of the recent decision to prosecute Dr Katerina Matsa and Mr. Stavros Kevopulos in the light of the right to health and access to treatment in one of the most vulnerable groups in Greece.

President Peña Nieto says his government will spend billions on social programmes to keep young people from joining criminal organisations in the most violent areas of the country.

The UNODC supported Drop-in-centres in Meghalaya offer gender specific services to female injecting drug users and female sex partners of male injecting drug users.

The idea to provide employment services was born when the organisation started thinking how to improve the quality of life of people using drugs, who often do not have good income.

Youth RISE is a global, youth-led network advocating for harm reduction and drug policy reform, and represents the rights and needs of young people who use drugs. They are currently recruiting our International Working Group (IWG) for 2013.

Watch a short film about a protest at the Oslo parlament demanding better harm reduction services and abolishing social exclusion

Human Right centres and drugs users in India demanded to the Government standards for evidence-based, voluntary treatment for drug dependence, monitor centres and more government facilities to manage drug addiction.