Argentina's president has endorsed the idea of developing more lenient drug legislation, marking the country's first step towards joining a regional push for alternative solutions to the war on drugs.
Since 11 August 2014 Georgian medical service providers have no longer any obligation to report drug overdose cases to the police, a step forward for harm reduction in the country.
The discussion is part of a series of public hearings, and aims to determine whether the issue will provide the subject of a new bill, taking into consideration a report to be drawn up by Senator Cristovam Buarque.
This video gives a wonderful overview of the failure of the war on drugs which lasts since forty years and sums up the several drug-related alternatives which have been adopted in different European countries but also all around the world.
Two presentations given at the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014), held in Melbourne, Australia, provide significant evidence that harm reduction programmes successfully prevent HIV infection among people who inject drugs (PWID).
Following the groundbreaking call last month by the World Health Organization (WHO) for countries to stop criminalizing drug use and treat the issue as a public health one, this infographic outlines the stance of a handful of UN agencies toward drug decriminalization.
This letter, signed by over 80 organisations, calls for an end to the war on drugs in an effort to protect children both in Latin America and the United States.
The CRG technical assistance programme from the Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Department at the Global Fund is now ready to receive requests for support.