Forests are crucial to human survival. The World Environment Day provides an excellent opportunity to reflect on the influence drug policies are inflicting over the forests.
The House of Commons almost unanimously voted in favor of Motion M-456, recognising that there is a need for national strategies, frameworks and blueprints in hospice palliative and end-of-life care.
Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, made a speech on the human rights violations which continue to occur in the implementation of States' drug control policies.
Jamaica will decriminalise the possession of small amounts of marijuana, and allow possession for some medical and scientific purposes and for religious purposes.
Around the world, many countries are using the UN's position to justify the excessive criminalisation of drug users, and Canada is no exception – it is time the country reviews its drug policy.
This report analyses the results of the partial agreement on drugs reached at the talks being held in Havana between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, and the Colombian government.
The report seeks to understand how to manage the harms caused by drugs in a way that minimises negative societal and personal impacts—and how to fundamentally uproot the prohibitive, militarised drug-control approach that remains entrenched in the region.
With its emphasis on community participation and respect for human rights, the approach stands out as the world’s first supply-side harm reduction initiative.
Bolivia’s second-most important coca growing region, the Chapare, is often cast in both local and international media as the principal hub of the local drug trade.
This video is a call to help the Indigenous people from the Tayrona culture in Colombia who have been harmed by the fumigation practise, used as a weapon in the War on Drugs.
The new guidance will be implemented on a case-by-case basis, as some tribes can ask for federal officials to continue to enforce the federal law in their areas.
Myanmar’s return to drug trafficking, which also includes a thriving trade in methamphetamine, comes as the country opens up to the world and sheds the shackles of five decades of isolation and dictatorship.
As rates of the disease decrease among Australians overall, hepatitis C is three times higher and rising in Indigenous populations prompting calls for improved medical services.
This conference formed an inclusive debate to work towards creating a constructive legal and human rights-based approach for ayahuasca drinking practices.
The growing interest in ancient plant materials and preparations like ayahuasca has become part of the growing debate around psychoactive substances, leading to an upsurge in repression and legal prosecution of its use and distribution.
