The Global Ibogaine Conference has emerged as one of the most important events in the world for discussing ibogaine therapy as well as the drug policy context and its relationship with plant-based medicines.
This presentation examines the intersections between the psychedelic and drug policy reform movements, exploring areas of synergy and potential for mutual advancement.
The video shows concrete next steps for Thailand to move from a punitive to health-based response to drug use, especially methamphetamine, as well as to develop more proportionate sentencing responses for drug offences.
Germany violated the rights of a heroin user by denying him access to his drug substitution treatment while in prison, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The inmate has struggled with dependence for decades.
Today, the European Commission has proposed to subject the new psychoactive substance MDMB-CHMICA (sometimes referred to as ‘Black Mamba’) to control measures across the European Union.
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, has expressed outrage at the execution on 27 August of 12 people, including Alireza Madadpour, on drug-related charges.
The death penalty has failed to reduce drug trafficking in Iran, a senior Iranian judiciary official said on Saturday shortly before the scheduled execution of 12 people for narcotics-related offences.
On this year's International Overdose Awareness Day, under the slogan, ‘Time to remember. Time to act’, the article describe some of the gaps in overdose prevention strategies revealed during the project, as well as a selection of 10 recommendations designed to overcome them.
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