On Monday 8th October, IDPC presented global evidence and recommendations for the development of effective and humane drug policies at the African Union Conference of Ministers of Drug Control.
Some 30 users and former users from Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica and Brazil will present a comprehensive view of drug policy and drugs users’ organization in their countries at the conference “The Drug War Theatre is located in Latin America”, which will be held on the 25th of October 2012.
The CAHR project is working with the Malaysian AIDS Council and has carried out research to better ascertain the needs, risk factors and barriers to treatment faced by women who use drugs. This research will form the basis of a pilot project to address these issues.
The cultivation of poppies has increased year-on-year since 2007, despite promises from Naypyidaw that it'll eliminate the practice by 2014, while militias operating in the mountainous east continue to pump out millions of methamphetamine pills each year, leading some experts to warn that Myanmar could be the world's largest narcotics state.
AMA Victoria's president Stephen Parnis declared that drug consumption rooms would save lives by reducing the number of drug overdoses and cut the number of ambulance call-outs and hospital admissions.
In Budapest, there only remain two or three weeks' reserves of sterile needles and syringes to provide to intravenous drug users, which could have devastating consequences on their health, as is explained in this new video from HCLU.
In this declaration, the governments of Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico call on the UN to urgently address the impact of criminal activities on development, security and democracy.
Switzerland is on the verge of decriminalizing the possession of up to 10 grams of marijuana after the lower house of parliament last Thursday agreed to align itself with the Senate's version of the legislation
During the meeting of the ASEAN Senior Officials on Drug Matters, IDPC highlighted key drug policy reform movements taking place around the world to inform the review of the ASEAN Drug Strategy.
President Juan Manuel Santos has given the go-ahead to Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro's plan to prescribe otherwise illicit drugs to addicts in the Colombian capital
Transform has appointed Lisa Sánchez as its first Latin American Programme Manager to work with policymakers, groups and experts in Mexico and the region, using MUCD’s on-the-ground experience in Mexico and Transform’s groundbreaking resources and 15 years of experience advocating for the legal regulation of drugs.
"Prison for a joint? The effects of Polish drug law enforcement” was the theme of a recent conference in Warsaw, organized by national politicians and civil rights organizations. The event was held as a lead-up to several progressive legislative amendments planned in drug policy areas.