A reform effort supported by an NGO alliance have launched a campaign to discuss in the Parliament three bills to improve prison conditions, introduce the crime of torture into the penal code and to decriminalise drug use.
It is distressing that US media continue to vilify mothers who need and those who receive treatment for their opiate dependence. This open letter by International Doctors for Health Drug Policies (IDHDP) calls the media and policy makers for a more scientific approach.
Part of the city's plan to legalise cannabis, which will be presented at a conference on Friday, is to explore importing from two US states that recently legalised use of the substance.
This week, delegates at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna will debate multiple resolutions while ignoring that human rights abuses in the war on drugs are widespread and systematic.
In February 2013, Rumah Cemara organised a capacity building training for 10 officers from Banceuy narcotics prison in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, to improve their knowledge on HIV, TB, drug dependence, etc.
For most people affected by drug use problem, there are family members who are affected also. The negative consequence can be more serious when it is a mother who is using drugs.
The cultivation of drugs is a sign of poverty rather than a sign of wealth. Rather than a “war,” the treatment of the drug problem must be approached as development, security and health issues, the panelists of the workshop “Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor” said.
The 2011 amendment of the Polish drug law was a good first step, but a lot more has to be done to help people dependent on drugs and strengthen the effectiveness of the country's harm reduction efforts.
Сегодня Глобальный фонд для борьбы со СПИДом, туберкулезом и малярией вводит в действие новую модель финансирования, позволяющую укрепить стратегическую составляющую. До 1,9 млн. долл. США в наличии на 2013 и 2014 годы.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has launched a new funding model that allows it to invest more strategically. Up to $1.9 billion may be available for the new funding model's transition period, in 2013 and 2014.