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The Brazilian House of Representatives approved the Bill 7663/10, that determines the compulsory drug treatment of people who use drugs. Civil society organisations foresee with alarm a risk of imminent setback in the Brazilian Drug Policy.
Sign the petition that calls the European Union leaders and the Europea Comission to recommit to fighting HIV/AIDS in Europe and keep it as a priority.
In 1993 the New Zealand Drug Foundation held our first Cannabis and Health conference. Over the past 20 years a lot has changed and a lot has stayed the same.
Questions around cannabis constantly cause confusion. It’s easy to get lost in the maze of issues around the world’s most widely used...
This report reveals increasing health risks for people who inject drugs and significant community concern over the impact of injecting in public areas.
The purpose of this report is to help the Heads of State and Government of the Americas to establish a frame of reference to address the drugs problem in their countries and to guide future multilateral policies and actions.
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.
The review was mandated by Heads of State at 2012 Summit of the Americas. The new study should enrich the already-vibrant hemispheric debate over drug policy alternatives, including the option of legal, regulated markets for cannabis.
For the first time, sitting presidents in Latin America are questioning the international drug control paradigm and calling for objective debate on alternative approaches.
The OAS hosted a Hemispheric Forum on Anti-Drug Policy in the Americas where recommendations were adopted to inform debates at the upcoming General Assembly on drug policy.
The focus of the symposium will be on capacity building for research, hence young researchers in the social and health sciences and education and experienced researchers with new data to present are particularly invited to participate.
The bill needs to make it clear that its objective is to promote harm-reduction and health, as well as the decriminalisation of drug possesion for personal use.
A harm reduction approach should include friendly and objective information regarding different substances that are usually consumed via methods other than injecting.
The letter sent by 145 organisations to Obama and Mesoamerican leaders calls for a shift away from the failed militarised security policies which have exacerbated violence and human rights violations.
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.
The Prison Governors Association became the latest organisation to support the call to governments to “quantify the unintended negative consequences of the current approach to drugs".
