IDPC, HON, IDUCARE and SPINN outline barriers faced by women who use drugs in realising their health and right, showcases good practices of care and support, and proposes recommendations for reform.
Son-in-law of former dictator and genocide instigator Prabowo Subianto poised to be sworn in as president, creating fears of another bloody drug war in Indonesia
While Thailand's reformed Narcotic Code is a step in the right direction, the government's reliance on compulsory treatment continues to violate human rights.
Japan moves one step forward and two steps back with efforts to legalise cannabis-based medicines while tightening policies on recreational use of cannabis.
The UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific describes the diverging trends and drivers in the production of opium and heroin in Myanmar and Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR).
Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to decriminalise cannabis last year, and since then, in the absence of much regulation, thousands of sellers have opened.
