António Guterres discusses Portugal's successful decriminalisation, stresses the need to engage discussions on drug policy without prejudice and predetermined ideas.
The Ukrainian government is providing state-funded opioid substitution therapy to over 10,000 patients for free, resulting in a 100 fold increase in number of patients receiving opium substitution therapy since 2005.
Iveta Chovencová, director of Odyesus, shared her concern for the lack of accessibility of harm-reduction services for people who use drugs in Slovakia or Poland.
Supervised Injection Facilities (SIFs) are important, evidence-based, intervention that should be a part of a comprehensive strategy to address the opioid crisis.
Roxana Argandoña explains how Bolivia's unions played a fundamental role in policy reform, and of the inclusion of women in decision making for the first time.
Data from the Philippine government show that at least 3,987 individuals have been killed in the police's anti-drug operations; and human rights organisations estimate considerably higher numbers of fatalities.
