Ecuador's National Council for Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances (Consep) has announced a new scale to use to differentiate between drug users, microtraffickers and large scale traffickers when handing down prison sentences.
The 2013 UN Special Rapporteur on Torture found that severe abuses in health care settings amount to cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment, and even torture, it further pointed out that denial of care is also an issue.
The World Health Organization is calling for ambitious new global targets for diagnosis, treatment and cure of viral hepatitis, signalling a major increase in momentum towards elimination of viral hepatitis by 2030.
At the CND intersessional meeting on 12th June, countries and regional groups were invited to submit their first ideas for what could be included in this Outcome Document - here is a list of all contributions made public to date.
Nearly 20 years after California became the first state to legalize the medical use of marijuana, legislators have a plan to impose order on the erratic patchwork of inconsistent policies that currently govern the billion-dollar industry.
While many countries have in recent years eased restrictions on access to vital medicines for pain relief, Guatemala has bucked the trend with a new initiative, a move which will lead to the unnecessary suffering of patients in the country.
The UNGASS in April 2016 will offer a forum to systematise a process of developing sophisticated indicators that are in tune with developments taking place within some member states.
This HCLU video features interviews with key professionals and drug users about what has changed on the streets of the District 8 of Budapest since the closure of harm reduction services.
Big increases in drug seizures in the region and the sheer size of the drug market make ASEAN’s war on drugs seem futile and absurd, argues Gloria Lai, IDPC Senior Policy Officer.
This article gives a brief but concise summary into the work of WHO and other organisations on controlled medicines, providing useful resources and some information on how you can support the debate.
MENAHRA conducted a regional workshop that provided CSOs and partners from the region with a forum in which to discuss their experiences, raise their key concerns, and outline the gaps in service provision for women who inject drugs.