The IAS is holding its 12th biennial conference in 2023, presenting cutting-edge advances in basic, clinical and operational HIV research. Early Registration closes on 8 February 2023.
After years of delays, the NSW government responds to Howard enquiry by expanding pre-court diversion for possession offences, but the lack of decriminalisation risks perpetuating the disproportionate sentencing of Indigenous people.
Adequately funded safer consumption sites, with a clear enabling legal framework, show the benefits of this harm reduction intervention particularly for highly marginalised communities.
The 'zero tolerance' approach directs violence against poor and marginalised communities, wholly neglecting the real challenges of a growing informal economy.
The NZ Drug Foundation and Helen Clark Foundation discuss use patterns and markets in Aotearoa / New Zealand, related harms, current regulations and how to reduce harms through psychosocial, cultural, and pharmacological approaches.
The recommendations by the Howard enquiry, an extensive fact-finding mission into evidence-based responses to methamphetamine use, included decriminalisation.