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.
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.