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The Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Cabral, who took office on Jan 1, 2007, made several declarations in favor of drug legalization. He suggested that Brazil legalize drugs to help reduce the gang violence that dominates the city’s vast shantytowns [Talking Drugs, UK]
n May 2009, the German Parliament voted in favour of diamorphine (a synthetic, pharmaceutical form of heroin) to be used as a therapeutic option for severely dependent opiate users who had not benefited from any previous treatments [IHRA]
There is such a long history of drug use and warfare, from ‘Dutch courage’ to the use of amphetamines in modern warfare [Tackling Drugs, UK]
The rapid increase in opium poppy cultivation observed in Afghanistan since 2001 has gone hand-in-hand with the emergence of the illicit production of heroin in the country [UNODC]
Opening address of International Harm Reduction Association in Bangkok 2009 [IHRA]
In Kenya like in many other countries around the world, glue sniffing is often the easiest option for street children in search of a high. This clip previews local man Boniface and the work he does helping street children in Nairobi [Talking Drugs, UK]
It is a joke America, how many people are in prison? How many people have had the right to vote taken away from them? [Talking Drugs, UK]
As part of its campaign to raise awareness about the major challenge that illicit drugs represents to society as a whole, especially to the young, UNODC launched today a dedicated website [UNODC]
As part of the Global Burden of Disease 2005 project, the ‘Mental Disorders and Illicit Drug Use Expert Group’ are conducting systematic reviews of the prevalence, incidence and remission of mental health disorders and drug dependence in order to estimate the burden of disease attributable to illicit drug dependence [IHRA]
The fact sheet describes how, around the world, governments commit flagrant and widespread human rights violations against people who use drugs, often in the name of “treating” them for drug dependence [International Drug Policy Consortium]
A Guide for Organizations of People Who Use Drugs – a guidebook by Open Society Institute’s International Harm Reduction Development programme [International Drug Policy Consortium]
A series of six info sheets on legal and ethical issues related to drug use and HIV/AIDS in Thailand by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network [International Drug Policy Consortium]
Within the context of the November referendum, this briefing paper aims to relate lessons learned by the incremental implementation of the Four Pillar Policy in Switzerland [International Drug Policy Consortium]
Many law enforcement managers and analysts have come to the conclusion that strong action against drug production, distribution and use cannot be successful in eradicating drug markets, and that new strategies and approaches are needed [International Drug Policy Consortium]
A young man from just outside Glasgow talks about becoming a positve influence on his community through working with drug users after becoming drug and alcohol free [Talking Drugs, UK]
This report published by the Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme in partnership with the International Centre for Prison Studies at Kings College London, revisits the topic of the incarceration of drug offenders [IDPC, UK]
Closing Session – Nick Crofts from IHRA’s 20th harm reduction conference in Bangkok on vimeo [International Harm Reduction Association]
Video of Ross Bell, executive director of the New Zealand Drug Foundation, reviewing the government’s backward policies [TalkingDrugs]
Keynote address by Michel Kazatchkine at IHRA’s 20th conference. Opening Session of the 20th Conference of the International Harm Reduction Association, Bangkok, Thailand, April 2009 [IHRA]
Reflections on the Politics of Harm Reduction and the Global Response to HIV – Closing Keynote Address by Craig McClure at IHRA’s 20th conference, Bangkok, Thailand, April 2009 [IHRA]
