Despite decades of anti-rape advocacy, some people still believe that women who use drugs may have “asked for it” by exercising impaired judgment in placing themselves in a vulnerable situation.
Thousands of people die unnecessarily from opioid overdose every year. From this survey IDHDP hopes to understand more about where the life saving drug naloxone is and isn’t available as well as its level of accessibility.
The UN agency charged with combating illicit drug trafficking should withdraw its support for counter-narcotics police operations in Iran until the death penalty for drug offences is abolished.
This article describes the legal status of cannabis in Germany in terms of possession, consumption and cultivation, as well as medical usages of the substance.
Calls for renewed efforts to reduce the transmission of HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs were heard at the thematic segment of the 35th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board.