The international seminar, Health and Drug Policies: It’s Time to Change, hold on December 17th focussed, among others, on the need to integrate Health into the debate of drugs.
Although this year’s survey shows that there were no statistically significant increases in use over last year, over a 6-year period, there have been some troubling increases in youth drug use.
The goal of balanced drug policy was revealed to be more rhetoric than reality with the release of the first set of national profiles on drug-related public expenditure by the EMCDDA.
The government decided to change strategy in its drug eradication campaign by no longer treating drug users as criminals and instead focusing on a stepped-up harm reduction program.
ARF plans to purchase and maintain a mobile van to provide lifesaving health services to 1000 young disadvantaged drug users on the streets of Moscow, Russia. Please support them!
The letter raises concerns on the Global Fund reforms, especially on the engagement of civil society in processes, and the eligibility of middle income countries to access funding.
Mexico's new president has outlined a security strategy aimed at reducing drug-related violence that, rhetorically at least, contrasts starkly with the emphasis his predecessor placed on using force to go after the cartels.
Real decriminalization efforts are still lagging behind in Europe because of foot-dragging on the part of member states, Drugreporter learned at a Brussels conference dedicated to the EU's next drug strategy.
In this statement at the UNAIDS PCB, INPUD blames UNODC's inadequate relationship with civil society networks and unwillingness to work in meaningful partnership with the community of people who use drugs.