Following research mired in irregularities, human rights abuses and inaccuracies, the Kazakhstani government is backpedalling on a crucial harm reduction programme.
“The people in the city of Philadelphia, our brothers, our sisters, our parents, our children, are dying. And they don’t need to die", Health Commissioner Thomas Farley said.
Although advocates were disappointed after recent legislation failed to decriminalise all drugs in Lithuania, a surge in support sees the prospect of decriminalisation more likely than ever.
A parliamentary report concludes that decriminalisation should be an option considered to reduce the burden of drug control on the criminal justice system.
As overdoses increase in the UK, drug consumption rooms are put forward by members of parliament as part of the solution in curbing drug-related deaths.
“They claim that we peddled drugs and committed other drug-related offences, which according to them carry death penalty, but we want Nigeria to intervene and give us another chance to live".
