Cities like Baltimore, New York and Chicago are handing out naloxone to civilians and training them to resuscitate a drug user in case of emergency. The positive effects are already visible on the drug using population.
A new book launched by Senator Katy Gallagher of Canberra tells the forgotten stories of families that became victims of the war on drugs in the last few decades.
This video by Drug Reporter offers an overview of the 2015 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, including ideas on the future course of the fight for reform.
The second ICAD workshop was hosted in Thailand and participants got to view opium poppy alternative development project sites in Myanmar and Thailand.
Former Mexican President Fox became an advocate for the legalisation of drugs after he left his office. After a first step to legalise marijuana in his country, he now predicts a legalisation of all drugs will follow within a decase.
This IPI panel discussed the compatibility and potential synergies between the global drug control regime and the advancement of SDGs, ahead of the 2016 UNGASS on drugs.
This analysis describes a pilot project to engage with drug users in police custody in OST. It demonstrates the benefits of a humane approaches to drug users as opposed to punitive measures.
Most of the developing world has very restricted access to pain-relief medication, partially due to restrictions on listed substances, and the upcoming UNGASS can be a chance to close this gap.
The Harm Reduction conference in Malaysia raises the question what the decisive factors in making the upcoming UNGASS successful will be, and whether Ban Ki-Moon will step up to bring about change.