The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty calls for a shift away from punitive measures, recognising harm reduction as a framework to address specific vulnerabilities of people who use drugs.
COPOLAD publishes a study of how IADA initiatives can advance the relevance and effectiveness of alternative development in drug-affected territories beyond traditional rural contexts of illicit cultivation.
De Shalit et al. conduct the first independent and national study of Canada's federal prison needle exchange program, determining that drug use stigma and anticipated or actual reprisal from correctional officers are preventing program uptake.
Stoicescu et al. conclude the intersection of intimate partner violence and police sexual violence was associated with a nearly fourfold increase in non-fatal overdose.
Release, Amnesty International, UNJUST UK, HRI and IDPC shed light on racial disparities in drug policing and associated human rights violations, urging for decriminalisation, the redirection of resources into care systems, and equitable reform.
Allen et al. reveal the value of community interventions to prevent HIV outbreaks, highlighting the potential for scaled-up services for communities of people who use drugs to avert outbreaks.
HRI highlight how underinvestment in harm reduction in low- and middle-income countries hinders progress towards global health goals, whilst costly punitive drug policies prevail.
APCOM and IDPC urge the public, law enforcement, and policymakers in Thailand to help ensure equality and equity for LGBTQ+ people who use drugs, especially in their access to health and social services, and ending stigma and discrimination against them.
UNODC provide an update on global drug markets, trends, and policy developments – including, for the first time, a chapter on the right to health and drug use.
The HIV Legal Network identifies what can and needs to be done to strengthen the response to HIV, other STBBIs, and other health concerns among GBT2Q people who use drugs.
