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.
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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'.
The Indonesian executions of eight convicted drug traffickers has attracted the attention to the countries that continue to impose death sentences on those who commit drug offences.
Despite repeated pleas for mercy from family members, citizens, human rights organizations, the United Nations, and governments around the world, eight people condemned for non-violent drug offences faced a firing squad at just past midnight Indonesia-time.