Traditional cannabis farmers once persecuted, now thrive under government-backed medicinal cannabis legalization. Challenges include natural disasters, market competition, and financial barriers, but regional trade offers hope.
The 141st session of the International Narcotics Control Board yielded a cooperation agreement for improving the availability of internationally controlled medicines.
RCF awards $23,380,000 to 25 international grantees, including IDPC and several of its members, to support organisational strengthening, HIV-related services, and advocacy efforts.
In Lisbon, community members with lived experience are leading widespread HIV testing and supervised consumption programmes for underserved populations.
The Special Rapporteur noted how private drug treatment facilities are not subject to adequate control and supervision, fueling violence and injustice against people who use drugs.
Despite repressive attempts by Hungary's ruling party to dismantle it, Budapest's progressive, rights-based city drug strategy endures in the absence of a national drug framework.
While such tariffs may seem a persuasive political message, they hinder bilateral engagement, defer blame, and perpetuate the very problems they claim to address.
