Unlike most countries around the world, Russia refuses to finance harm reduction programs such as needle exchanges, or to legalize methadone. Over the past few months, Moscow has decided to discontinue the work of foreign donors and NGOs with heroin addicts. It even recently blamed foreign groups for worsening the country's HIV epidemic.
In this advocacy note, IDPC strongly urges the international community to abstain from submitting objections to the proposed amendment by Bolivia to remove the ban on coca leaf chewing.
The aim of the Network is to promote collaboration and exchange of information among the participants. This session was attended by 27 participants, both from NGOs and national governments and focused on two topics: harm reduction, and the Roma population. This report summarises the main discussions that took place during the seminar.
Graças a sua experiência no campo, o coronel Jorge da Silva tem hoje a certeza de que a ação repressiva para controlar o uso de drogas não apenas é ineficiente, como gera os graves problemas de segurança pública que países como Colômbia, México e Brasil enfrentam.
Thanks to his experience in the field, Col. Jorge da Silva is certain that repressive policies to control drug use is not only inefficient, but it is also the cause of the serious public security problems in countries like Colombia, Mexico and Brazil.
A comparative study on the impact of drug policies on the prison systems of eight Latin American countries reveals that drug laws have contributed to the prison crises these countries are experiencing.
В настоящем исследовании представлен анализ текущих законодательной, политической и программной ситуаций в регионе и связанных с ними противоречий и препятствий в отношении доступа к ОЗТ. Цель данного анализа – предоставить специалистам государственных, общественных и международных организаций рекомендации по преодолению этих препятствий и расширению доступа к ОЗТ.
The new research provided by the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) in countries of the Central Asia, shows that in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan only 5% of the estimated IDU population has got access to the OST. The report concludes that drug policies are the key constrain to the access to medical care for drug users.
Breaking the Silence' highlights that the military aid that the U.S. government provided—and continues to provide—to Colombia strengthened an army that was responsible for thousands of forced disappearances and extrajudicial executions and has collaborated with, or at least turned a blind eye to, paramilitary violence that escalated as U.S. aid flowed.
Combining the UNODC Lao PDR and Myanmar Opium Surveys, as well as information on poppy cultivation in Thailand from that country's Office of the Narcotics Control Board, the Survey points to rising levels of opium poppy cultivation across all three countries.
In this Consensus Statement the Reference Group to the United Nations on HIV and Injecting Drug Use identifies key regional issues of concern and outlines recommendations for action.
For organisations offering health education, food, or even life-saving medical care inside drug detention centres, what are the limits of providing ethical care, without risking legitimising the system or building its capacity to detain more people? This report explores how organisations might weigh the risks and benefits of their engagement.
