With the increase in drug consumption in Kyrgyzstan, tactics to tackle related harms had to change. The police then decided to adopt a harm reduction based approach towards people who use drugs.
The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) seeks an entry-level administrative staff person to work with program staff. The deadline for application is 26th of June, 2013.
President Vladimir Putin has approved a concerning law to introduce drug tests for school children. If the test if positive, children could be sent to rehabilitation centres.
The Action Plan for the Prevention, Care, and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis seeks to raise awareness of the fast rates of transmission of HCV among injecting drug users, and address the problem.
Apelamos aos membros da OEA que sigam as recomendações do novos relatórios sobre a política de drogas e apoiem a proposta para que cada país experimente novas estratégias de drogas.
Sign the urgent petition calling on the American governments to heed the recommendations of the new OAS reports on drug policy and to support individual countries to experiment with new strategies for curbing drug violence and crime.
Human Rights Watch disse que políticas públicas que impõem sanções criminais para o consumo pessoal de drogas minam direitos humanos básicos e apela os governos contar com políticas reguladoras não criminais e de saúde pública.