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3 December 2012
Orphans a forgotten casualty of 'drug war'

Orphans a forgotten casualty of 'drug war'

Conversations with children in the north of Thailand revealed that every youth shelter in the area has at least three hilltribe children who were left abandoned after the war on drugs.
4 December 2012
New HIV Epidemic Looms over Romania

New HIV Epidemic Looms over Romania

Injecting drugs has now become the second most common way to contract the virus in Romania. The year 2011 saw 129 new cases of HIV among injecting drug users after 12 new cases had been registered in 2010.
4 December 2012
EMCDDA harm reduction overviews

EMCDDA harm reduction overviews

The harm reduction overviews of 30 European countries are based primarily on data from structured questionnaires and standard tables on harm reduction interventions.
4 December 2012
The new war on drugs: ASEAN style

The new war on drugs: ASEAN style

ASEAN nations are stepping up their fight against illegal drugs as other parts of the world are taking a much different approach.
5 December 2012
Lao PDR "extremely vulnerable", says UNODC Executive Director

Lao PDR "extremely vulnerable", says UNODC Executive Director

Lao People's Democratic Republic's position at the hub of the Greater Mekong Subregion make it "extremely vulnerable" to the trafficking of people, illicit drugs and commodities by transnational organised crime groups, warned Yury Fedotov.
7 December 2012
BUSTED. You have the right NOT to remain silent.

BUSTED. You have the right NOT to remain silent.

This is an initiative to raise funds to produce a documentary on the failure of the War on Drugs, told by some of the world's leading lawmen and women who have spent their lives enforcing the drug laws. The funding race is to raise $50,000 via Pozible crowdfunding from December 12.