U.S. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman put forth a resolution that includes a formal apology from Congress for the failure and destruction the war on drugs has caused, specifically to people of color, and additionally proclaims that future drug policy should be based on health evidence.
In the face of widespread violence, presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador has advocated for amnesty for non-violent drug traffickers along with an increase in governmnet spending on infrastructure and creating more jobs for youth people in order to combat crime and the drug war.
Former Assistant Commissioner Jack Nolan calls for the decriminalisation of small amounts of illicit drugs as drug policies continue to fail and unfairly punish Ireland's youth.
High ranking narcotics official Lennart Karlsson calls for more investment in treatment centers with a decrease in fines in order to assist drug users.
In addition to collective quantitative data and statistics, researchers in the United States are now multi-disciplinary aspects such as field work in their attempts to solve and eradicate the opioid crisis in the United States.
Portugal has approved the use of medical marijuana with a prescription through a pharmacy, becoming the most recent country to allow access to cannabis.
Harm Reduction Journal invites you to submit to a special collection of the journal on: the “Involvement & Engagement of Peers in Research”, to be launched at the 26th Harm Reduction International Conference in Porto, 28 April – 1 May 2019.
While progress has been made in the global fights against HIV/AIDS, countries still struggle to treat the epidemic due to a lack of care and education within communities.
