Criticism against safer consumption sites ignores scientific research and the lived experiences of people who use drugs, which attest to the benefits of these harm reduction interventions.
Three members will be elected, consisting the representative from each of the 3 regions: Eastern Africa, Western Africa and Southern Africa and Two members will be elected to represent the Central and Northern regions.
The campaign promotes the need to respect the human rights of those most vulnerable and marginalised, reminding all of us that people who use drugs do not lose their human rights.
The death penalty, which represents an extreme example of the perverse ways in which governments punish people suspected of involvement with illegal drug, is still being used by countries around the world including Malaysia.
A new study suggests that treating people for opioid addiction in jails and prisons is a promising strategy to address high rates of overdose and "opioid use disorder".
The 77-bis, part of Costa Rica's drug law reform, functions to provide an alternative to prison for women who commit the offence of smuggling drugs into prison.
The Cambodian government in a review on its campaign has said it will expand community-based drug treatment coverage throughout the country to coincide with stepped-up efforts to crack down on drugs.
Both Perry Kendall and Donald MacPherson call for long-term public health approaches, such as decriminalisation, as opposed to short term law enforcement on British Colombia's drug policy.
