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9 April 2012

Chronicle of a Debate Foretold - Drugs on the Latin American summits

Political divides in the Central American region around drug control surfaced sharply at the recent regional summit on “New Routes against Drugs Trafficking”, that took place on Saturday 24 March in Guatemala. Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina called for an open debate on the security crisis and on policies to reduce the rampant drug-related violence, stating that current policies have been so ineffective that all options including the ‘depenalisation’ of drugs should be on the table.
9 April 2012

Georgian Minister of Interior: Don't Prosecute for Overdose Help

For years, emergency services staff summoned to the site of an overdose in Georgia have called the police to ascertain whether criminal charges should be laid. The practice has discouraged drug users from seeking medical treatment, and recently moved the Georgian Harm Reduction Network to ask the Minister of Interior, Vano Merabishvili, to amend the policy to protect the lives of those overdosing and those who helped resuscitate them.
3 April 2012

Radio panel discussion: Drug law reform Australia

The war on drugs has failed and Australia should consider legalising some substances, according to a new report backed by some eminent Australians. A recent national radio discussion took place on drug policy reform.
1 April 2012

Giving hope to drug users in Moscow

The HCLU visited Moscow last year and produced a movie to promote the work of the Andrey Rylkov Foundation, the only NGO that provides clean needles for drug users in Moscow. The ARF gets no funding from the government – please help them to buy a van to improve their street outreach activities!
26 March 2012

Central American drug summit inconclusive

A conclave of Central American presidents meeting in Guatemala to discuss a major overhaul of their drug laws - including legalization or decriminalization - failed to arrive at a consensus Saturday and agreed to meet again soon in Honduras.
23 March 2012

IDPC reports from the 55th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

As always, the CND represents an intensive period of engagement for IDPC; preparations involved producing practical and logistical material to support the civil society presence at the event, as well as the planning of IDPC side events and strategic interventions, briefings and orientation sessions, and so on.
21 March 2012

UNODC completes 2012 Myanmar opium poppy field survey

Every year, UNODC poppy survey teams roam the hills of Shan and Kachin states to ground-truth satellite images and validate the cultivation production estimates on which its annual report will be based. When it is launched later in the year, the UNODC South-East Asia Annual Opium Poppy Survey will perhaps be more closely reviewed than ever.
21 March 2012

Report of Aksion Plus on Study visit in Estonia

The National Network of community Services for Alternative sentences in Albania organized  a  study visit in Estonia, with a focus on the Probation Service of Estonia and the implementation of the alternative sentences within the framework of the project "Network of Community Services for Alternative Sentence" supported by the European Union from 11 to 15 February 2012. 
20 March 2012

India adopts National Drug Policy

The new Indian policy on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances takes a narrow and constricted stance and fails to explore legal options that would have allowed drug related problems to be addressed more effectively.