Recent studies point out that Ketamine, Psilocybin, LSD, and MDMA,many of them scheduled at the most restrictive form of control, may be able to provide long-lasting relief for depression quickly.
Within the pre-arrest diversion pilot low-level drug and prostitution offenders – of whom 80%-86% are homeless – are referred to the project’s case-workers by police.
INPUD’s video, Slow Death in Ukraine, documents some of the on-the-ground impacts of Russia’s annexation of Crimea on people who use drugs, on their health, and on their human rights. It also explores the catastrophic impacts of the ongoing war in Eastern Ukraine.
The Speakers Bureau will be composed of people living with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS, TB and/or malaria that will help to mobilise resources for the Global Fund.
The House of Commons in Canada passed Bill C-2, that bans supervised injection facilities like Insite and overturns a supreme court decision's on the right to access the safe injection facility.
For most people affected by drug use problem, there are family members who are affected also. The negative consequence can be more serious when it is a mother who is using drugs.
Although EU countries have made the campaign for worldwide abolition of the death penalty for drug offences a foreign policy priority, many of these states actively perpetuate the death penalty for drug offences by aiding and assisting aggressive anti-drug raids in countries which execute alleged drug offenders.
This event at the 58th Commission on Narcotic Drugs highlighted the existing stigma held against drug users and the need for evidence-based drug dependence treatment and care.
The E-Book of Authorities catalogues agreed UN statements and language on a selection of topics, to show the extent of existing international support for evidence-based drug policies.
