This IDPC response provides an overview of the data and topics presented in the Report and where appropriate, within the broader context of the current state of the UN drug control framework, offer a critical analysis of both.
Within these principles, drug users are included for the first time as a specific group requiring legal aid while in contact with the criminal justice system.
The meeting aimed to review a number of substances and provide advice to the World Health Organisation on whether they should be recommended for scheduling under the international drug control conventions.
The report concludes that the death penalty may be imposed only for the most serious crimes: those involving intentional killing. This means that, unless when they involve intentional killings, drug-related crimes should never be punished with the death penalty.
HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID) is a major public health concern in Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia. The objective of this review is to examine risk factors associated with HIV prevalence among PWID in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia and to describe the response to HIV in this population and the policy environments in which they live.
В октябрьском номере журнала British Medical Journal представлены результаты систематического обзора и мета-анализа результатов исследований, цель которых состояла в количественном определении эффекта ОЗТ на передачу ВИЧ-инфекции среди ПИН.
