Le Fonds Robert Carr pour les réseaux de la société civile invite les réseaux régionaux et mondiaux à se porter candidats à un soutien pour les années 2019 à 2021. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

The Robert Carr Fund for civil society networks is pleased to announce an open Request For Proposals (RFP) for 2019-2021.

Through this RFP, the Robert Carr Fund is inviting proposals from global and regional civil society networks addressing critical factors protecting the rights of inadequately served populations (ISPs); scaling up access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support; and assuring that resources are mobilized and utilized appropriately to respond to the global HIV epidemic. The goal of the Fund is to contribute to improved health, inclusion and social wellbeing for inadequately served populations (ISPs). To reach this goal, the Robert Carr Fund provides core funding to strengthen the institutional and advocacy capacity of regional and global ISP and civil society networks and/or their consortia.

Le Fonds Robert Carr lance un appel d’offre

Le nombre élevé d’affaires d’homicides pour lesquelles une enquête a été ouverte sont présentées par le gouvernement philippin comme le signe d’un succès de sa campagne contre la drogue. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

MANILA, Philippines – Ever since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office almost two years ago, 33 people have been killed daily nationwide.

This is shown by Philippine National Police (PNP) documents obtained by Rappler. In about two years – from July 1, 2016, up to June 11, 2018 – police have recorded 23,518 Homicide Cases Under Investigation (HCUI), equivalent to an average of 33 people killed a day.

HCUIs are murder and homicide cases combined, excluding killings by cops in police operations. Riding-in-tandem killings, being homicides and murders too, are included in this tally.

From July 1, 2016 to May 15, 2018, the government’s counting initiative #RealNumbersPH has tallied 4,279 suspects killed in anti-illegal drug operations, or an average of 6 a day. The 4,279 are not included in HCUIs as they are presumed to have been carried out by cops in the line of duty.

The killings come as the Duterte administration continues to pursue an unrelenting campaign against drug suspects and criminals, with the President going on record on multiple occasions, encouraging law enforcers and Filipinos to harm and even kill delinquents.

A quick look at PNP data on Duterte’s first year in office shows that the campaign has resulted in a drop in all index crimes (or crimes against persons and property) – but not the killings.

Au moins 33 personnes sont tuées chaque jour aux Philippines depuis que Duterte est entré en fonction

Alors que le cannabis n’est pas encore légal au Michigan, le législateur local Sheldon Neeley a proposé un projet de loi qui permettrait à ceux qui ont commis une infraction liée au cannabis que leur dossier pénal soit effacé si le cannabis devient légal. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

A local lawmaker is working to give hundreds of people a second chance if recreational marijuana is legalized come the November election. Last week, State Rep. Sheldon Neeley introduced a bill that would make it easier for those convicted of misdemeanor marijuana crimes to have those records set aside. “If marijuana becomes legal, I don’t believe that it should still be a burden on those individuals that have had these crimes placed on their permanent record,” Neeley said. Neeley is working to pass new legislation that would remove non-violent misdemeanor marijuana charges from a person’s permanent record if voters make recreational marijuana legal in the November election. “They should be expunged of that crime automatically, up on the legislation of marijuana,” Neeley said. Neeley said he is neither for or against the legalization of recreational marijuana, but said his bill simply makes sense if marijuana use is legalized.

Un projet de loi pourrait annuler certaines condamnations si le cannabis destiné à un usage récréatif est légalisé au Michigan

Des pays latino-américains tels que le Brésil et la Colombie ouvrent la voie à un accès global à la vérification de drogues en festival et à un élargissement des services de réduction des risques pour le public. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

Drug checking at UK festivals has made unprecedented headway over the past year and garnered significant media attention along the way. While relatively new domestically, these initiatives have a longer history in other countries, as the experience in Latin America highlights.

Across at least five countries in Latin America, civil society groups are providing harm reduction services in nightclubs and festivals. Several of these include drug checking services like those offered by The Loop in the UK, which allow people to better understand what is in their drug and what the risks are. As it stands, drug checking services are available in parts of Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay and Mexico, all countries in which the use of amphetamine-type substances has increased over the last decade.

We’ve been following some of these trends for Harm Reduction International’s upcoming Global State of Harm Reduction report, which is due out late 2018. With concerns about the purity and adulteration of pills ever present, one standout from our research has been how communities are responding.

Vérification des drogues en Amérique Latine : les pays qui ouvrent la voie

La méthadone et la buprénorphine ont prouvé leur efficacité pour le traitement du trouble lié à l’usage d’opioïdes, mais l’accès à ces traitements doit être amélioré. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

A new study out of Boston Medical Center's Grayken Center for Addiction on opioid overdose survivors indicates that two FDA approved medications to treat opioid use disorder save lives, but only three out of 10 overdose survivors receive them. Using a novel public health dataset from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the researchers found that those who received methadone or buprenorphine had significant reductions in all-cause and opioid-related mortality after surviving an overdose compared to individuals not taking medication. In addition, the results underscore the missed opportunities to identify individuals with opioid use disorder and engage them in treatment when and wherever they enter the health care system with opioid-related harms.

, this study is the first of its kind to examine the association between using medication to treat opioid use disorder and mortality in patients who had a nonfatal opioid overdose.

Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) are at an increased risk of death—in this study, five percent of patients who initially survived an overdose died within one year. There are currently three FDA approved medications to treat OUD, which are methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone. Numerous studies have shown these medications to be effective in decreasing cravings and use of opioids as well as keeping patients in treatment for OUD.

La méthadone et la buprénorphine réduisent la mortalité après une overdose non-mortelle

Après qu’un essai lors d’un festival de musique australien ait été jugé réussi, les autorités du gouvernement australien sont appelées à mettre en œuvre un programme fédéral de vérification de pilules pour fournir de meilleurs services de réduction des risques. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

The pill-testing trial at a music festival in the Australian Capital Territory was an “overwhelming success” and the federal government should help roll out a scheme nationwide, the organisers have said.

In a report on the trial at the Groovin’ the Moo festival in April, released on Wednesday, the Sta-safe consortium said the government should support a “mixed-model” with pill-testing offered permanently at drug, alcohol and syringe services – not just at festivals and special events.

Although at least one federal minister has already scotched suggestions of a national scheme, the ACT’s justice and mental health minister, Shane Rattenbury, agreed the trial was a “success on the day” and offered support to other events and jurisdictions to follow suit.

In the trial on 29 April, 129 people attended pill-testing near the health tent and 83 samples of drugs were tested.

Le succès de la vérification de pilules à ACT prouve qu’elle devrait s’étendre au niveau national, affirment les organisateurs

La toute première révision de la substance par l’OMS pourrait mener à sa reclassification au niveau international. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) decides this week whether to further examine if cannabis should remain on the international list of most restricted substances, signalling a potential change in the international law on cannabis.

This would be a welcoming move in the wake of what is happening in Europe, with the Charlotte Caldwell case and the unprecedented support she is seeing, as well as the announcement by the French Health Minister and their intent to regulate medical cannabis.French Health minister announcing last week they are considering regulating medical cannabis, while Britain seems to be boiling over the Charlotte Caldwell case.

While many states are moving towards regulation, a major deterrent – and indeed an often cited argument by officials – are the UN restrictions on reforming policy. Although an incremental step in dismantling prohibition, the WHO rescheduling decision could be a litmus test for future policy reactions – and thus accelerate national advocacy efforts.

Last week at the 40th session of the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) of the WHO discussed if cannabis (including the plant and resin, as well as cannabis extract and tinctures, THC and its isomers) should be further reviewed later in the year in the process of potentially moving the substance to schedules that require less control.

La révision du cannabis par l’OMS pourrait être le point de départ à une réforme dans le monde entier

La légalisation des drogues et la régulation des marchés des drogues en Amérique Latine pourraient être l’avenir pour mettre un terme à la Guerre contre la drogue et limiter les pertes en vies humaines associées au marché illégal des drogues. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

Countries in Latin America should consider legalizing drugs to ease the human cost linked to the deadly trade, a United Nations chief has said. Alicia Bárcena, who heads the Santiago, Chile-based Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, said that countries in the region needed to look at drastic measures to tackle the trade, which kills tens of thousands of people each year. “It’s time to seriously consider legalizing drugs,” she told a Latin America forum in Paris, Reuters reported on Tuesday. “I’m going to be very provocative. Who would drug legalization be good for? Latin America and the Caribbean, for God’s sake. Because the illegality is what’s killing people,” said Bárcena, who is from Mexico.

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