Unlike other countries from the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is experimenting with drug policy in order to improve the public health response to drug use.
The WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence met on 16th November at the occasion of its 37th Session. The agenda included discussions around ketamine and medical cannabis.
In December 2015 the Commission on Narcotic Drugs will meet in Vienna to discuss changes to the scope of control of substances and whether or not ketamine should be restricted internationally.
The Turnbull government has announced the creation of a nationally consistent licencing scheme to regulate the controlled cultivation of cannabis for medicinal or scientific purposes.
Cannabis legalisation has finally been adopted in various states and nations but there is an important balance to strike between the urgency of implementing reforms and the risks of moving too hastily.
The award, which will be presented at the 21st International AIDS Conference, to be held in July 2016 in Durban, South Africa, honours community-based organizations for their contributions to the response to AIDS.
Release submitted an amicus brief to the Mexican Supreme Court in the appeal that sucessfully secured the right of four plaintiffs to cultivate and use marijuana.
Following the tragic death of a young woman after she took an unidentified tablet at the Stereosonic music festival, David Caldicott asks if more can be done to minimise harm.
The Association of Netherlands Municipalities published a new report highlighting the problem of unregulated black market cannabis production and calling for the government to introduce a system of cultivation licensing to satisfy for the coffee shop demands.
As the West African Commission on Drugs, IDPC and other organisations present recommendations for a movement away from drug criminalisation in African countries, campaigners are pressuring the government of Sierra Leone to implement changes in their drug policies.