The global enquiry, which involved a number of members of the IDPC network, makes important recommendations to expand harm reduction interventions and tackle social exclusion.
WOLA and Brookings examine the conditions that led Uruguay’s government to pass its cannabis law in 2013, studies its progress so far, and identifies areas that policymakers should consider addressing in order to maximize the law’s potential benefits.
The report recommends the expansion of the current broad range of provision (including opioid substitution
treatment (OST) to reduce transmission of HCV.
The Social Science Research Council reviews key findings from regional case studies on drug courts that may be useful to inform debates about these mechanisms and other alternatives to incarceration for low-level drug crimes.
Youth RISE Nigeria raises issues with data collection in the country, and calls for stronger commitments to effectively deploy harm reduction and HIV prevention services in an enabling environment.
Iran Human Rights documents a reduction in the number of drug-related executions, but decries dozens of executions carried during discussions of amendments to the Anti-Narcotics law, which will commute several thousand sentences.
The APPG for Drug Policy Reform, Durham University, The Loop and Volteface conclude the UK’s night time economy is failing to protect its most valuable asset: the people who go out and enjoy it.
The EMCDDA confirms the promising future of wastewater-based epidemiology as a complementary approach to obtain a more accurate and balanced picture of substance use within different communities.
Harm Reduction International points out that prohibitionist and punitive approaches to drugs fail to achieve any reduction in drug use and trafficking, and are a clear violation of fundamental human rights under international law
This paper provides recommendations for overcoming challenges in light of current policies and practices in Thailand so that the drug treatment system can result in improved health and human rights outcomes for people who use drugs and people dependant on drugs.
