The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, has expressed outrage at the execution on 27 August of 12 people, including Alireza Madadpour, on drug-related charges.
The death penalty has failed to reduce drug trafficking in Iran, a senior Iranian judiciary official said on Saturday shortly before the scheduled execution of 12 people for narcotics-related offences.
On this year's International Overdose Awareness Day, under the slogan, ‘Time to remember. Time to act’, the article describe some of the gaps in overdose prevention strategies revealed during the project, as well as a selection of 10 recommendations designed to overcome them.
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The Network describes the action as a warlike approach to the drug problem in Liberia despite global calls on governments to change the old approach to the world’s drug problem.
The three former presidents of Nigeria, Chile and Switzerland speak with one voice on the consequences of the drug policy in these past years and on the way forward, learning from the past experiences.
"We have a responsibility to our readers, our followers on social media and everyone who lives and breathes club culture to try and keep you as safe as possible – especially in 2016, when deaths from MDMA are rising "
