Over 100 human rights groups urge UN to demand Sri Lanka halt executions of drug offenders

Lifting the country’s 43-year moratorium would be a major human rights setback.

News Alerts June 27, 2019

Ending the agony: access to morphine as an ethical and human rights imperative

14 March 2018 13:00-14:30

Geneva, Switzerland

This side event to the 37th session of the Human Rights Council will take place on the 14th of March in Room XXIV of the Palais des Nations.

Events 7 March 2018

Still no harm reduction? A critical review of the UK government’s new drug strategy

Eight of the UK’s leading harm reduction and drug treatment organisations analyse whether the focus on harm reduction has improved under the new strategy

News Alerts September 1, 2017

English Harm Reduction Group response to the 2017 UK Drug Strategy

The English Harm Reduction Group have published a statement, strongly condemning the absence of harm reduction in the UK Drug Strategy, despite dramatically increasing numbers of drug-related deaths.

Publications August 16, 2017

Black Sheep: An investigation into existing support for problematic cannabis use

7 February 2017 18:00-20:00

VolteFace, 18 Hanway Street, London, W1T 1UF

VolteFace will launch a report that investigates how to better manage the harms caused by cannabis use, showing how neglect towards public health discourses and cannabis' current legal state have exacerbated these harms.

Events 20 January 2017

Too little, too late: Why palliative care is vastly inadequate in India

Most patients are referred for palliative care when all other treatments fail when they can be more comfortable much earlier.

News Alerts October 25, 2016

Second european conference on addictive behaviours and dependencies

24 - 26 October 2016

Lisbon, Portugal

Over 600 participants from 58 countries attended the First European conference on addictive behaviours and dependencies held in Lisbon in 2015. Following this success, the organisers have decided to launch Lisbon Addictions 2017.

Events 10 October 2016

Symposium of the world federation for the treatment of opioid dependence

29 October - 2 November 2016

Baltimore, USA

The World Federation for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence and EUROPAD will select up to 12 oral presentations to be presented during the next American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence congress

Events 10 October 2016

Over 300 NGOs call on the United Nations to take immediate action on the hundreds of extrajudicial killings of suspected drug offenders in the Philippines

375 civil society groups, including prominent human rights NGOs, from across the globe have called on UN drug control authorities to urge an immediate stop to the extrajudicial killings of suspected drug offenders in the Philippines.

Press Releases August 1, 2016

The global movement to preserve access to ketamine and raise awareness of the global disparity in access to controlled medicines

For the past 3 years, the medical community has rallied to oppose attempts to place ketamine, a medicine that is indispensable for anaesthesia and pain relief, under restrictive international controls.

News Alerts July 12, 2016

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