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22 February 2011

Human Rights NGOs to Thai government – Do not repeat history!

A coalition of health and human rights organisations have voiced their fears that the Thai government’s planned round up of people suspected of using drugs will trample on human rights and potentially rekindle widespread abuses of vulnerable people.
22 February 2011

Highlights on the 54th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

From 21st to 25th March 2011, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs will gather in Vienna, Austria, to discuss the international drug situation and the implementation of the UN drug control conventions. This webpage is updated regularly to provide updates on the CND.
23 February 2011

International coalition to save Vancouver safe-injection site

On the 17th February 2011, an international coalition of harm reduction experts — comprised of the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA), the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and CACTUS Montréal — were granted intervener status to appear before the Supreme Court of Canada to support Insite, Vancouver’s supervised injection site, against the Canadian government’s attempts to shutter it. The outcome of this decision will carry serious implications for other jurisdictions across Canada.
23 February 2011

EMCDDA Information request for Thematic Paper "Drug User Voices"

The EMCDDA is preparing a thematic paper to highlight key issues from the perspective of people who are attempting to reduce their drug, cigarette and alcohol consumption or overcome their dependence, and wishes to learn more about people working in the field and people trying to reduce or quit drug use.
23 February 2011

Global day of action: EU-India FTA - 2 March 2011

On 2 March 2011, more than 5,000 representatives from People Living With HIV in India and the Network of People Who Use Drugs, and 500 health activists from India and across the Asia Pacific region are holding a protest against the India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), to express their concerns that the agreement may hamper access to cheap, life-saving, quality medicines for patients not just in India but many other developing countries around the world.
23 February 2011

Count the Costs - 50 years of the War on Drugs, can you help?

'Count the Costs' is an OSF-funded global campaign that Transform will launch at CND this March, in collaboration with the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network. If you wish to support the campaign, please send any reports, images or videos that portray the costs of the war to Transform!