In this declaration, the governments of Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico call on the UN to urgently address the impact of criminal activities on development, security and democracy.
In Budapest, there only remain two or three weeks' reserves of sterile needles and syringes to provide to intravenous drug users, which could have devastating consequences on their health, as is explained in this new video from HCLU.
AMA Victoria's president Stephen Parnis declared that drug consumption rooms would save lives by reducing the number of drug overdoses and cut the number of ambulance call-outs and hospital admissions.
The cultivation of poppies has increased year-on-year since 2007, despite promises from Naypyidaw that it'll eliminate the practice by 2014, while militias operating in the mountainous east continue to pump out millions of methamphetamine pills each year, leading some experts to warn that Myanmar could be the world's largest narcotics state.
The CAHR project is working with the Malaysian AIDS Council and has carried out research to better ascertain the needs, risk factors and barriers to treatment faced by women who use drugs. This research will form the basis of a pilot project to address these issues.
Some 30 users and former users from Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica and Brazil will present a comprehensive view of drug policy and drugs users’ organization in their countries at the conference “The Drug War Theatre is located in Latin America”, which will be held on the 25th of October 2012.
On Monday 8th October, IDPC presented global evidence and recommendations for the development of effective and humane drug policies at the African Union Conference of Ministers of Drug Control.
From the beginning of next year, the government will launch a new initiative in the struggle against drug-related deaths. In collaboration with far-left support party Enhedslisten (EL), the government has decided to set aside six million kroner for so-called 'overdose kits' that are intended to aid hard-core drug abusers.
The cultivation of coca bushes, which provide the raw material for cocaine, is up some 5.2 per cent in Peru, according to the 2011 national coca monitoring survey presented today by UNODC and the Peruvian Government.
Countries in East and Southeast Asia currently detain over 238,000 people who have used drugs (or are suspected of drug use) in over 1,000 compulsory centres (CCDUs).
The Russian-language version of the Count the Costs website is now live. Russian translations of the seven costs summary briefing and development and security briefing (PDF) are also now available to download.