Personal consumption allowances in Ecuador went from 50 grams of cocaine in 2008 to 1 gram in 2015. This rollback occurred largely due to an absence of public support for decriminalisation efforts.
Danny Kushlick founded the organisation in 1994 to campaign for an end to global drug prohibition, and to replace it with an effective, just and humane system of regulation and control.
The United Nations renew and set new goals for curing HIV, TB, and malaria. Despite the possibility of reaching this goal in the upcoming years, we need to work harder to make this a certainty.
DU News documents the work of LUNEST and its members, who offer support services for people who use drugs in Estonia through the prism of shared lived experiences.
While federal authorities could appeal the decision, the ruling is a step in the right direction towards implementing these evidence-based and compassionate services in the US.
75 organisations and activists from all across the globe have sent today an Open letter which condemn judicial actions against activist Yekaterina Parfenyuk in the Republic of Belarus.
The Scottish Government supports trialling drug consumption rooms as part of an approach to substance use based on public health objectives. But the UK Government based in Westminster has repeatedly blocked the move.
In Barichara, Colombia, where a Canadian company bought a 17 hectare plot to grow cannabis, locals are concerned about water use and say they have been left out of all decision making.