The draft bill introduces important changes to Myanmar drug law, including an approach based on public health instead of criminal justice, and better access to health services instead of long prison sentences for drug users.
The Commission will also organise a 12-week online public consultation (accessible via the Commission's public consultations page) allowing the wider public to share views and inputs. It will run in Spring 2018.
This workshop report by YODA summarises discussions on what works and what does not when it comes to youth drug use, outlining key recommendations for improvement.
The proposed regulations aim to allow legal and quality-controlled products to be available by July 2018 and immediately begin to address the public health and safety risks posed by illegally-produced cannabis.
Recent research from EMCDDA shows that there is no evidence to support the use of randomised drug testing for reducing drug use among those tested and among their school peers.
Thanks to the action taken by ANPUD and other organisations of people who use drugs, Apple has removed apps promoting violence, murder, and extrajudicial killings in the Philippines.
IDPC and WACD summarise and review existing drug legislation from the 15 ECOWAS member states, as well as Mauritania and Morocco, concluding on the need for reform to align domestic laws with regional and international commitments.
The EMCDDA publishes a report providing an update on infectious diseases related to injecting drug use in Europe. It covers both the EMCDDA Drug-related infectious diseases indicator, which collects data on the situation, and the responses in the area.
