The Russian government commission on legislation has approved a bill sponsored by the Federal Drug Control Service on the forced treatment of drug users upon a court order.
The conference brings together a number of international organizations, NGOs, Member States, industry representatives, business associations, and regulatory and law enforcement officials to discuss the illicit production, distribution and trafficking in fraudulent medicines.
Abstracts are invited for contributions to a forthcoming special issue of the International Journal of Drug Policy on drug use in post-Soviet Central Asia.
The International HIV/AIDS Alliance is seeking a Senior Policy and Programme Adviser: Harm Reduction Advocacy to play a lead role in the planning, development, technical oversight and delivery of a new three-year harm reduction advocacy programme. This position will be based in the UK as part of the Brighton secretariat; or Asia and Eastern Europe Region.
Middle East North Africa Harm Reduction Association (Menhara) reclutes an operational research consultant for the multi-centre operational research on female IDU and gender issues in harm reduction.
On January 22 – 24, 2013 in the Indian state of Bihar, India HIV/AIDS Alliance conducted training on Harm Reduction for 76 participants (Project Officers, Female Outreach Workers, Female Peer Educators and Peer Counsellors) from 15 Non-Governmental Organizations working with people who inject drugs within Hridaya project.
Just days after cannabis was legalised in Colorado and Washington states, regulation of weed became a new hot issue in Bulgaria, after two fundamentally different poll results were published.
The Community Task Force (CTF) is a group of community affected by TB and TB activists and is composed of individuals who have served or are serving as community representatives in the Stop TB Partnership’s Working Groups or on its Coordinating Board.
Obama has the opportunity to harmonize the discourse with the programs implemented on the ground and to join the presidents of countries like Guatemala, Colombia, and Uruguay who are calling for drug reform.