The injection room for drug users that opened in Vesterbro last October has been such a success that the City Council is considering opening three more in other parts of Copenhagen.
The New York-based consultant will be responsible for representing IDPC in New York with United Nations agencies and offices, the Permanent Missions to the UN and civil society partners.
Partner organisations of Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC) provide services to family members of people who use drugs – their partners, children and parents.
The first ever survey of inmates in Mexico's federal penitentiaries shows that over 60 percent of prison population in Mexico are in jail for drug trafficking crimes.
The International Harm Reduction Development Program and the Latin America Program of the Open Society Foundations seek a bilingual Spanish/English consultant with knowledge of community-based programming to reduce harm to stimulant users. Portuguese fluency and familiarity with public health context in Latin America preferred.
Hawaii could join Colorado and Washington as states that have legalized the use of marijuana by adults, under a measure introduced Friday by state House Speaker Joe Souki.
While governments in Europe and the United States frantically ban substances to keep up with new synthetic drugs, lawmakers in New Zealand are using reason and a sensible legislative process to “to protect vulnerable consumers, particularly young people.
The Joint UNODC-WHO Programme on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care is a milestone in the development of a comprehensive, integrated health-based approach to drug policy.
