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4 March 2015
The Pain project

The Pain project

The International Reporting Program traveled to Ukraine, Uganda and India to find out, and to document the human toll of the human rights crisis created by the lack of access to essential medicines.
4 March 2015
Washington DC legalises marijuana possession and use

Washington DC legalises marijuana possession and use

Residents and visitors to the city over the age of 21 can possess as much as 2oz (56g) of cannabis, and may grow a few plants at home. Buying and selling the drug remains illegal, as does smoking it in public.
9 March 2015
10 by 20 campaign

10 by 20 campaign

This HRI campaign is calling on governments to redirect 10 per cent of the resources they currently spend in the war on drugs to harm reduction.
19 March 2015
Another UN agency savages the drug war

Another UN agency savages the drug war

In the lead up to the 2016 UNGASS, the United Nations Development Programme has spoken out against current international drug policy which disproportionately affects the world’s poor.