This open letter, signed by 54 organisations, call to the American governments to place the human rights at the centre of the debate on drug policy in the Americas.
As the 3.4% of inmates in provincial detention facilities in Quebec are infected with HIV and 18.5% by hepatitis C, this video calls for the introduction of harm reduction programmes in the prisons.
Human Rights Watch disse que políticas públicas que impõem sanções criminais para o consumo pessoal de drogas minam direitos humanos básicos e apela os governos contar com políticas reguladoras não criminais e de saúde pública.
Sign the urgent petition calling on the American governments to heed the recommendations of the new OAS reports on drug policy and to support individual countries to experiment with new strategies for curbing drug violence and crime.
Apelamos aos membros da OEA que sigam as recomendações do novos relatórios sobre a política de drogas e apoiem a proposta para que cada país experimente novas estratégias de drogas.
The Action Plan for the Prevention, Care, and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis seeks to raise awareness of the fast rates of transmission of HCV among injecting drug users, and address the problem.
President Vladimir Putin has approved a concerning law to introduce drug tests for school children. If the test if positive, children could be sent to rehabilitation centres.