Brighton is set to be the first British city to offer official "drug consumption rooms" where addicts can use heroin, crack and cocaine under supervision without fear of prosecution.
Introduced by four expert panelists from Afghanistan, Serbia, Uruguay and Mexico, the debate seeks to break the taboo and discuss whether the 'war on drugs' has been a successful approach to counter the global drug problem.
Chris Ford, director of IDHDP, outlines the effect of unhealthy drug policies and argues that doctors have an important role in shaping and influencing a healthier approach to drug policy.
Nominations are invited for the International Rolleston and the Carol and Travis Jenkins awards to be announced at the 2013 International Harm Reduction Conference being held in Vilnius, Lithuania in June.
A bill introduced in Congress on 12th of April would fix the conflict between the federal government’s marijuana prohibition and state laws that allow medical or recreational use.
To reduce HIV transmission among children and young people who use drugs, one of the most apparent discriminatory policy failures is the strict legal age restriction to harm reduction.
United States President Barack Obama announced his 2014 Budget Wednesday with a $9.5 million reduction in spending on the battle against the Colombian drug trade.
The event, organized by OSF the CEU School of Public Policy, analyzed how the current policies undermine poor lifestyle and have resulted in serious human rights abuses. In the event they made some recommendations to improve this conditions.