The Philippines independent human rights watchdog has said it will investigate claims by President Rodrigo Duterte that he personally killed drug suspects while mayor of Davao.
Iran has managed to build its own harm reduction system, sustainable in its own way. It is not like any other western system and not quite like the systems described in manuals and recommended by WHO and UNAIDS.
The study recommends: providing clear harm reduction guidance, ensuring that accurate information measuring GHB use and deaths is collected by relevant authorities, and guaranteeing that appropriate drug treatment services are accessible.
Judy Chang (INPUD) believes that women who use drugs need to come together to organise and strengthen networks and communities to prepare for increasing onslaughts on the rights of women worldwide.
The Düsseldorf City Council has taken advice from experts on plans to legalise the sale of cannabis. It hopes to use scientific research to gain the approval it needs from the federal government.
Cannabis production should be regulated by the federal government, with licensing and production controls used to ensure a competitive system that includes small producers, the panel said, suggesting the door was open for new producers to get into the burgeoning sector.
Bluegreen Economics conclude that both the state government and cannabis consumers would realise a significant net benefit under a regulated and taxed recreational cannabis scheme.
Wastewater based epidemiology is a rapidly developing scientific discipline with the potential for monitoring near-real-time, population-level trends in illicit drug use.
