UNAIDS reports that between 2010 and 2014, only 3.3 percent of HIV prevention spending was directed towards PWID. Without adequate harm reduction provision, AIDS will never be defeated.
Two recently published studies indicate psilocybin may help against depression and anxiety, highlighting the need for further research on the compound.
This film explores the future of London's nightlife in the context of the closure of Fabric, featuring Jamie Bridge from IDPC and Niamh Eastwood from Release.
A letter has been drafted to members of the Philippine Congress urging them not to pass the death penalty bill. Please act now: download it and send it.
Parliamentarians from throughout the ASEAN region are concerned that the Philippine President is attempting to rush a bill to reintroduce the death penalty through Congress.
Obama: "We should try to discourage substance abuse. And I am not somebody who believes that legalisation is a panacea. But I do believe that treating this as a public-health issue, the same way we do with cigarettes or alcohol, is the much smarter way to deal with it."
Good policy follows good science. WHO could show it cares about cannabis and the millions of people using it by reducing the health and social harms that result from the current international policy.
NoBox Transitions calls on legislators to oppose the passage of the Death Penalty Law, and to support a public health approach to drug use, in the Philippines.
The re-introduction of the death penalty would not only represent a major setback for the promotion and protection of human rights in the country but also violate the Philippines’ obligations under international law.
