Evidence of the close relationship between drugs and development continues to be overlooked in policy moving toward the UN post-2015 agenda for international development.
Lenore Anderson an advocate for sensible reforms to promote public safety by spending less on incarceration and more on prevention and treatment discusses her work.
INPUD have delivered the first on-site overdose training for homeless communities living, and visiting the Myanmar border town of Moreh in Manipur, India.
KANCO plans to expand harm reduction programmes' in Nyanza province, the area with the highest HIV prevalence in Kenya and where drug use is also on the rise.
As part of a comprehensive effort to respond to drug use in Myanmar, UNODC and UNAIDS supported a wide-ranging consultation on amending the 1993 'Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law' in Nay Pyi Taw, from 16 to 19 February.
Those who had their sentences commuted on 31st March are from all over the US and are serving long prison terms for charges of possession, sale and distribution of drugs, such as methamphetamine, marijuana, crack and cocaine.
This photo album displays some of highlights and key moments at the 58th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the Special Segment on the UNGASS 2016.
The results of this convention make it clear that, with regards to international laws regarding cannabis, the United Nations commission on drugs and crime is way behind despite a world-wide shift forwards.
Researchers and medical cannabis patients met at the Prague Medical Cannabis Conference to discuss the latest developments in the field. On the sidelines, Drugreporter interviewed two activists who were involved with the recent founding of the International Medical Cannabis Patients' Coalition.