The social gains will surpass the cost if people consider the complications associated with injection drug use — hepatitis C, HIV and overdoses, among others — and the risk of contamination associated with dirty needles left lying around.
Uruguay’s senate voted on 10 December to approve the world’s first national legal framework regulating the cultivation, trade and consumption of cannabis for medical, industrial as well as recreational purposes.
After the approval of the Uruguayan law that regulates the production, trade, sale and use of cannabis, we wish to tell the Uruguayan society that they are not alone – their policy reform constitutes hope in our struggle to reform drug policies.
After the approval of the Uruguayan law that regulates the production, trade, sale and use of cannabis, we wish to tell the Uruguayan society that they are not alone – their policy reform constitutes hope in our struggle to reform drug policies.
MENAHRA urges all governments to respect human rights by encouraging anti-discriminatory legislation as well as the implementation and promotion of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
This programme educates people who use drugs living with HIV about positive prevention, and emphasises the importance of adhering to antiretroviral treatment.
An independent evaluation team is working with the UNODC to conduct an independent evaluation of activities conducted between 2008 and 2012 under the UNODC Global Programme on HIV/AIDS.