Health & harm reduction

Events

HIT Hot Topics 2023

Liverpool, United Kingdom

10 November 2023

HIT Hot Topics reunites hundreds of drug policy reform and harm reduction activists for a day of reflection and debate.

Publications21 February 2023

Growing people power: The Support. Don’t Punish 2022 Global Day of Action – Summary report

The Support. Don't Punish campaign offers an overview of activities carried out as part of the Global Day of Action in 2022, which in their own unique ways helped connect policymaking processes with realities on the ground, solidify people power, and challenge criminalisation at its core.

Publications14 February 2023

Support, don’t punish: Drug decriminalization is harm reduction

Bratberg et al. highlight that decriminalisation offers advantages for pharmacists and their patients by breaking the cycle of despair caused by the justice system and encourages pharmacists to advocate for the implementation, evaluation, and expansion of decriminalisation policies.

Publications1 February 2023

7th Brandenburg Forum on Drugs and Development Policies report

The Forum reunited government, UN and civil society experts to discuss development, health and human rights challenges in relation to drug control ahead of the 2024 mid-term review of implementation of the 2019 Political Declaration.

Publications2 December 2022

Social workers as potential agents for drug policy reform

Benjamin et al. call on social workers to advocate for and enact decriminalisation, harm reduction and community reinvestment in their practices, to detract their complicity in maintaining the status quo and instead provide anti-carceral, person-centred social work services.

News27 October 2022

Canada: Can drug users' lives be saved by giving them uncontaminated heroin and cocaine?

Rising deaths and government inaction have sparked activists to create compassion clubs, distributing free and tested drugs to users.

News25 October 2022

Brazil harm reduction faces an uphill battle, even if Bolsonaro is ousted

Drug policy reform and harm reduction face a challenging political landscape: fierce opposition in parliament and inconsistent support from President-elect Lula.

Events

NIGHTS 2022: International Nightlife Conference

Zurich, Switzerland

10 November 2022 - 12 November 2022

The conference seeks to chart paths toward the future of nightlife across thematic boundaries.

Events

Advancing health equity: Time to address racism and structural discrimination in global health

Online / New York City, United States

21 October 2022

The Commission will bring together experts from across the globe to identify and promote anti-racist strategies to reduce barriers to health and well-being.

Publications6 October 2022

Access to needles and syringes and methadone maintenance therapy among people who inject drugs in Yangon, Myanmar

Lei Yee et al. highlight benefits of harm reduction interventions to reduce injecting-related harms whilst describing barriers in relation to availability, cost and privacy.

Publications6 October 2022

Interventions to prevent HIV and Hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: Latest evidence of effectiveness from a systematic review

Palmateer et al. confirm the value of key harm reduction interventions to reduce HCV and HIV transmission, and identify remaining gaps in the evidence base for a range of health interventions.

Publications6 October 2022

Substance use and homelessness: A longitudinal interview study conducted during COVID-19 with implications for policy and practice

Neale et al. highlight diversity of experiences and need to offer a broad range of interventions, including pharmacotherapy, psychosocial support and safe spaces.

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