During the Celac summit plenay session, the Heads of State reached a general conclusion on the need to establish agreements on unity and integration, combatting drug trafficking, reducing poverty, increasing equality and providing better education.
The UNODC supported Drop-in-centres in Meghalaya offer gender specific services to female injecting drug users and female sex partners of male injecting drug users.
A group of NGOs called on the WHO to support the inclusion of pegylated interferon (PEG-INF) on its Model List of Essential Medicines to ensure hepatitis C treatment.
The proscriptive impulse in UK to "legal highs" may be driving the creation of even more synthetic drugs. A group of lawmakers suggests that the UK government study alternative policies.
Drug regulation, the creation of a legal poppy crop and plans to hold a drug policy summit are some of the activities announced by the President at the World Economic Forum.
This internship programme is an opportunity for harm reductionists from around the world to spend a six-week internship with the PHS Community Services Society in Vancouver, Canada.
The main duties are to oversee the financial administration of the organisation, review procedures and financial reporting, and to advise the board on our financial and fundraising strategy.
The Joint UNODC-WHO Programme on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care is a milestone in the development of a comprehensive, integrated health-based approach to drug policy.