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9 November 2016

America Goes Green

Overnight the number of American citizens with access to legal, regulated, recreational weed rose by over 50 million to just under 70 million people but a Trump presidency could potentially have put it all at risk.

9 November 2016

The new ECOWAS action plan on the drug problem in West Africa

Although the Action Plan facilitates the availability of evidence-based treatment options, calls for the implementation of harm reduction programs, and the collation of epidemiological data, key issues remain to be addressed.

8 November 2016

Indonesia may abolish death penalty

President Joko Widodo thinks Indonesians will change their minds on execution laws as citizens in Europe had done in the past. "We are very open to options" he said.

8 November 2016

Ukrainian government to fully finance opioid substitution therapy

Approximately $500,000 will be allocated to enable 8000 people who inject drugs to continue to access the therapy in 2017.

4 November 2016

All you need to know about marijuana legalisation in Canada

The HillTimes discusses how marijuana regulation will be implemented and the possible pitfalls to watch out for.

3 November 2016

'Better to be belligerent than innovative': Argentina's new approach to fighting drugs is stoking concern

By expanding the role of the military in drug control policy Argentina is failing to learn the lessons from its neighbours, running the risk of motivating extra-judicial killings and human rights abuses without reducing crime levels.

3 November 2016

Summary VI Latin American and I Caribbean Conference on Drug Policy

The conference favoured the exchange of information and the strengthening of networks between activists, civil servants and representatives from international organisations.

1 November 2016

Activists around the world protest state-sanctioned murder of more than 3,000 people who use drugs in the Philippines

Civil society has mobilised en masse to protest against human rights violations inflicted upon the population under the banner of Duterte's drug war.

31 October 2016

Drug users overseas to Duterte: ‘Stop playing God!’

From Indonesia to Canada, open letters are sent to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte asking him to change his approach to a more constructive, evidence-based one that addresses the root causes of drug use

31 October 2016

Expand British Columbia's supervised sites beyond overseeing only injection drugs, advocates say

Although people who use intravenous drugs are at a higher risk than other people who use drugs, harm reduction advocates say that supervised drug sites should cater for all users.

31 October 2016

Medicinal cannabis crops now legal in Australia

Health minister Sussan Ley says changes to law give patients and doctors access to a safe, reliable and legal source of cannabis for medicinal use.

31 October 2016

Alaska's first retail marijuana store set to open at 'high noon' two years after vote

Herbal Outfitters in Valdez comes after state law was passed that allowed people 21 and older to use cannabis recreationally.