The street drug known as Special K is a game changer in the treatment of depression, with patients reporting major improvements after just one day of treatment.
In India, State Health minister Phungzathang Tonsing urged the officials concerned of the department of AIDS Control to devise a strategy for the inclusion of Hepatitis C treatment program in the National AIDS control program.
The Open Society Global Drug Policy Program and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa invite applications for the 2014 West African Advocacy Fellowship Program on Drug Policy Reform.
While dozens of activist groups withdrew, others met to try and develop a regional strategy to counter Russian influence over opioid substitution therapies.
Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, made a speech on the human rights violations which continue to occur in the implementation of States' drug control policies.
In Hungary, despite the first HIV transmissions among drug users, the largest Hungarian needle and syringe program has been forced to shut down, because of political attacks.
In a surprise move in late May, the Peruvian President fired Peru’s top drug official, Carmen Macias, replacing her with a longtime confidant, former Defense Minister Luis Alberto Otarola.
Jamaica will decriminalise the possession of small amounts of marijuana, and allow possession for some medical and scientific purposes and for religious purposes.
Uruguay, which recently passed a law making it the first country to legalize the production and sale of cannabis, will also allow doctors to prescribe the drug to treat certain medical conditions.