The “Da Proibição Nasce o Trafico” campaign aims to stimulate debate in a country that has been largely reluctant to broach the issue of liberalising its drug laws.
A consortium of over 100 human rights and drug policy organizations have released an open letter calling on the UN to prioritize human rights over punitive law enforcement in its approach to drug laws.
After years of discussion in Puerto Rico, the governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla has signed an executive order legalising medical marijuana allowing patients to receive appropriate treatment.
Strasbourg, Bordeaux and Paris have to date all put in applications to open a supervised injection site (SIS) for drug users, becoming the first to do so under a groundbreaking law introduced last month.
Prisons in Canada are suffering a public health emergency, with the estimated prevalence rates of HIV and hepatitis C being considerably higher than in the general population.
Moms United to End the War on Drugs is a growing movement to stop the violence, mass incarceration and overdose deaths that are the result of current punitive and discriminatory drug policies. Join the movement!
7 May 2015 marks the second annual International Harm Reduction Day, a collaborative effort by medical experts, drug-reform advocates and dozens of associated NGOs to draw attention to the most promising alternative to the war on drugs.
The governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla of Puerto Rico signed an executive order yesterday legalizing medical marijuana in the U.S. territory. The order enables the Puerto Rican Health Department to authorize the use of marijuana and its derivatives for medical purposes.
In this statement, UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov condemns the use of the death penalty for drug offences, in particular in light of the recent executions in Indonesia.
At the global level, much has changed since 1998 that undermines the previous global consensus on punitive counternarcotics strategies, however, there continues to be much global disagreement which will be reflected at UNGASS 2016.
Although it has provided a life-saving service with proven results, the Dr. Peter Centre (the lesser-known supervised injection site in Vancouver) has waited over a year for a decision on its application for an exemption of Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act which has been granted to 'Insite'.