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4 October 2012

The shady players in Myanmar's drugs trade

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.
4 October 2012

Australian doctors call for safe injecting room trial

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.
4 October 2012

Budapest at the edge of an HIV explosion?

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.
28 September 2012

Swiss Move to Decriminalize Marijuana Possession

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
28 September 2012

Mexico is new outpost for Transform Drug Policy Foundation

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.
28 September 2012

Poland is in the process of further rationalising its drug laws

"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.
27 September 2012

US-led "war on drugs" questioned at U.N.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who leaves office on December 1 after spending much of his presidency locked in a bloody battle with drug-smuggling gangs, called on the United Nations to lead a global debate over a less "prohibitionist" approach to drugs.
25 September 2012

Lawsuit filed against government of Canada for failing to protect the health of federal prisoners

The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Prisoners with PASAN, CATIE, the CAAN and Steven Simons, a former federal prisoner, launched a lawsuit against the Government of Canada over its failure to protect the health of people in prison through its ongoing refusal to implement clean needle and syringe programs to prevent the spread of HIV and hepatitis C virus in federal institutions.