Proposed changes to a narcotics law will treat drug addiction as a health problem rather than a crime and emphasise treatment and rehabilitation over prison sentences.
The film takes us through one day in the life of eight people who use drugs, from seven cities, in seven different countries of the world, from morning until night.
IDPC is recruiting a Project Co-ordinator & Writer to support the implementation of the Women, Incarceration and Drug Policy in Southeast Asia project.
Israel has implemented a framework for decriminalising the possession of cannabis, shifting the control of such substances from the police to civil authorities.
This violent police operation in São Paulo's 'cracolândia' marks the destruction of a successful harm reduction and social programme, 'De Braços Abertos'.
Delegates at the World Health Assembly push for renewed efforts to address the world drug problem by promoting further collaboration between UN organs and affirmation of the health-related recommendations in the 2016 outcome document.
