Jamaica's cannabis regulation must shift course and priorities: from enabling corporate greed and perpetuating racial inequality, to prioritising social equity and reparations.
High Commissioner Volker Türk encouraged more countries to begin their journey toward understanding drug use as a public health and human rights issue, including through the adoption of decriminalisation.
As the presence of nitazenes, powerful synthetic opioids, increase in the UK drug supply, the 'Stayin' Alive' campaign strongly advises people who use heroin, oxycodone, and benzodiazepines to adopt additional safety measures, including testing, reducing dosage, and carrying naloxone.
Prevention and criminalisation of the distribution of safer smoking kits leave stimulant users to devise their own creative solutions, which can lead to entirely avoidable health problems.
A further four associations are in the process of attaining operational licenses to provide cannabis to their members while seeking to avoid commercialisation.
Aidsfonds and the Robert Carr Fund explore how we can empower communities to lead change in HIV, health and rights by discussing methods, challenges, and opportunities in shifting power towards community-led approaches.
Decriminalisation of personal consumption of drugs is on its way in Ireland as legislators support this measure as part of its comprehensive health-led approach to substance use.
Policing issues, ambiguity in regulatory policies, and lack of infrastructure to measure beneficial use hinders the exploration of cannabis for its medicinal properties.
In the majority of Latin American countries, drug-related offences are the main driver of women's incarceration, with devastating impacts on their mental, physical and reproductive health, and their loved ones'.
