Drug checking, a key harm reduction tool which enables users to have their synthetic drugs chemically analyzed in order to increase safety of their use, could be set up in Geneva in 2017.
Proposals to restrict access to ketamine by making it a "Schedule I" drug would have a major impact on the availability of anesthesia and surgery in low- to middle-income countries.
Mexican lawmakers have opened the first batch of debates about legalising marijuana amid President Enrique Peña Nieto's opposition on the matter and the public's support for medical cannabis.
Health minister Sussan Ley says a bill to allow cannabis to be grown for use in medical trials will be introduced on Wednesday and passed this sitting.
A small group of African countries with missions in Vienna decided to submit their own UNGASS submission, despite the African Union having previously agreed on a more enlightened position.
Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) Nigeria hosted a training workshop on drug policy and harm reduction targeting youth and student organizations, and the event report is available now.
Russia is in imminent danger of moving from a "concentrated epidemic" of HIV, with the virus confined to one subset of the population, into a "generalised epidemic", with the virus proliferating throughout wider society.
The Deputy Prime Minster, who is also president of the National Authority for Combating drugs, believes that current drug laws are too lenient on convicted offenders, pointing out that some serve reduced sentences.
