The governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla of Puerto Rico signed an executive order yesterday legalizing medical marijuana in the U.S. territory. The order enables the Puerto Rican Health Department to authorize the use of marijuana and its derivatives for medical purposes.
7 May 2015 marks the second annual International Harm Reduction Day, a collaborative effort by medical experts, drug-reform advocates and dozens of associated NGOs to draw attention to the most promising alternative to the war on drugs.
Moms United to End the War on Drugs is a growing movement to stop the violence, mass incarceration and overdose deaths that are the result of current punitive and discriminatory drug policies. Join the movement!
Prisons in Canada are suffering a public health emergency, with the estimated prevalence rates of HIV and hepatitis C being considerably higher than in the general population.
Strasbourg, Bordeaux and Paris have to date all put in applications to open a supervised injection site (SIS) for drug users, becoming the first to do so under a groundbreaking law introduced last month.
After years of discussion in Puerto Rico, the governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla has signed an executive order legalising medical marijuana allowing patients to receive appropriate treatment.
A consortium of over 100 human rights and drug policy organizations have released an open letter calling on the UN to prioritize human rights over punitive law enforcement in its approach to drug laws.
The “Da Proibição Nasce o Trafico” campaign aims to stimulate debate in a country that has been largely reluctant to broach the issue of liberalising its drug laws.
WHO has released a new version of the Model List of Essential Medicines to include new treatment options for hepatitis C, hence improving access to ground-breaking drugs that could greatly impact public health around the world.
Ecuadorian lawmakers have proposed a historic piece of legislation aimed at decriminalising all illegal drugs while establishing a system that provides prevention and rehabilitation programmes as an alternative to jail.