While governments in Europe and the United States frantically ban substances to keep up with new synthetic drugs, lawmakers in New Zealand are using reason and a sensible legislative process to “to protect vulnerable consumers, particularly young people.
Hawaii could join Colorado and Washington as states that have legalized the use of marijuana by adults, under a measure introduced Friday by state House Speaker Joe Souki.
The International Harm Reduction Development Program and the Latin America Program of the Open Society Foundations seek a bilingual Spanish/English consultant with knowledge of community-based programming to reduce harm to stimulant users. Portuguese fluency and familiarity with public health context in Latin America preferred.
The first ever survey of inmates in Mexico's federal penitentiaries shows that over 60 percent of prison population in Mexico are in jail for drug trafficking crimes.
Partner organisations of Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC) provide services to family members of people who use drugs – their partners, children and parents.
The New York-based consultant will be responsible for representing IDPC in New York with United Nations agencies and offices, the Permanent Missions to the UN and civil society partners.
The injection room for drug users that opened in Vesterbro last October has been such a success that the City Council is considering opening three more in other parts of Copenhagen.
The strategy aims to protect public safety, the life and health of individuals and communities through minimising the risks and other harms deriving from drugs via a national coordinated action.