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22 July 2015
Summary of the 13th National Conference on Drug Policy in Argentina

Summary of the 13th National Conference on Drug Policy in Argentina

More than four hundred participants of various parts of the country came to the Senate of the City of Buenos Aires to attend presentations and discussions with government officials, academics and specialists; along with civil society organisations and activists.
21 July 2015
Government funds methadone treatment in Son La, Vietnam

Government funds methadone treatment in Son La, Vietnam

The Vietnamese government will subsidise a health programme using methadone maintenance treatment to treat approximately 6,000 people dependent on drugs across the northern province of Son La, Vietnam through 2020.
19 July 2015
Armenia: Needless pain at end of life

Armenia: Needless pain at end of life

Thousands of patients with advanced cancer in Armenia suffer from avoidable, severe pain every year because they cannot get adequate pain medications, Human Rights Watch said in a report and video released in July.
17 July 2015
Bolivia extends amnesty for minor offenders in prison

Bolivia extends amnesty for minor offenders in prison

A presidential decree that grants amnesty to low-level drug offenders and other special prison populations is a much needed step towards prison reform in Bolivia. However, it falls short of offering a system-wide policy solution to overcrowded and inhumane prison conditions.
17 July 2015
In defence of giving drug users free needles in the Philippines

In defence of giving drug users free needles in the Philippines

Hoping to curb the epidemic of HIV and Hepatitis C, the local government of Cebu developed a harm reduction programme. However, when officials advocating against illicit drugs caught wind of the study, they immediately called for an end of the programme.
14 July 2015
Anyone's Child: Families for safer drug control launched today

Anyone's Child: Families for safer drug control launched today

This campaign is a network of families whose lives have been wrecked by the UK’s drug laws. Read these families' moving stories, learn more about the harms caused by punitive drug laws, and find out how you can get involved in the campaign.
10 July 2015
Hepatitis C: Enhancing prevention, testing and care

Hepatitis C: Enhancing prevention, testing and care

This online course provides an understanding of hepatitis C and its prevalence. It also gives an overview of the liver and its function, and the stages and natural history of untreated hepatitis C liver disease.