Thailand’s conflicting drug control and addiction treatment programs appear to be undermining efforts to protect the human rights of people who use drugs, particularly the right to health.
This report describes the findings of a project conducted by the UK Drug Policy Commission that seeks to consider how an explicit refocusing of drug law enforcement on the reduction of drug-related harms could deliver a real impact on the drug-related harms experienced by individuals and communities.
In a bid to reduce Russia's high rates of preventable disease, the government, with the help of non-governmental organisations, is bringing health promotion to the people.
Report from Western Pacific Regional Office of WHO to describe the “compulsory treatment centres” in Cambodia, China, Malaysia and Viet Nam.
IDPC response to the 2008 Annual Report of the INCB, concludes that the INCB is quick to condemn liberalisation of policy and practice, while ignoring clear breaches of the spirit and letter of the conventions that arise from repressive national drug policies.
In 2001, the Portugese government decriminalised recreational drugs including heroin and cocaine in an attempt to reduce the number of hard drug users in the country. Eight years later, Claudia Hammond visited Lisbon to see whether the change in the law had been effective.