Grass Is Greener is a new documentary that raises challenging questions about how the legacy of the war on drugs, mass incarceration, and racial injustice in the United States has influenced the country’s burgeoning legal cannabis industry.
Most states host some kind of syringe exchange program, but the laws providing legal protection tend to have loopholes. In Pennsylvania, someone with a syringe obtained from a program is safe in Philadelphia, a more liberal part of the state, but can be thrown into jail anywhere else.
In 2018, there were 1187 drug-related deaths registered in the country - a 27% rise on 2017. A task-force is being set up to examine the main causes of drug deaths and promote action to improve health outcomes for people who use drugs.
Ten nominated municipalities in the Netherlands will participate in the closed coffee shop chain experiment in order to examine the impacts of the move on public health, crime and public safety.
The harm reduction services are extremely stretched; the staff are all volunteers with a huge lack of resources and no more materials for distribution from October.
In light of the growing awareness that Cannabis is immensely less harmful than alcohol and tobacco, New Zealand will be voting on whether to legalise cannabis in the 2020 referendum.
This workshop gathered women from 8 countries in the Americas to discuss incarceration conditions and share experiences to build a movement advocating for the rights of incarcerated women.
