"Partly funded by the City of Copenhagen, the venue allows people who use drugs to smoke and inject drugs in a sterile, supervised and supportive environment"
The following statement comes as a response to an open letter drafted by IDPC and supported by over 350 civil society organisations that asks the UNODC and the INCB to call upon the Phillipines to take immediate action to stop ongoing extrajudicial killings targeting alleged drug users and dealers.
This article explains why those working on HIV and injecting drug use were disappointed by the lack of attention given to drug use issues, including harm reduction at the 21st International AIDS Conference.
The belief that harsher penalties contribute to suppress drug markets has dominated drug policy for decades, maximising the negative impact of prohibitionist policies.
In the video, an international panel of artists discuss their work promoting drug policy reform and illustrate how prohibitionist drug policies impact marginalized communities in the United States and abroad.
Canberra's adult jail may get a medically supervised injecting room, after it was chosen as the preferred model for a prison needle and syringe program (PNSP).
