For the first time, key stakeholders will discuss wide issues related to Hepatitis C prevalence among people who use drugs, existing challenges in accessing prevention and treatment services and improving the rights of people who use drugs in getting relevant services.
The UK governments response, as presented by Lord Bates to Lady Meacher’s question as to whether cannabis could be re-scheduled, out of schedule one, which determines that it has no medicinal value, to schedule two or three was to parrot the Home Office’s usual line on cannabis being a harmful drug.
Women are currently the fastest growing segment of the U.S. prison population, however, this does not reflect larger numbers of women using drugs, but rather, changes in criminal sentencing in the US.
Beginning late in the George W. Bush years and continuing through the Obama administration, the US has been deporting immigrants for drug offenses at a record rate, however, these measures are disproportionately harsh when applied to low-level drug offenders.
The Ukrainian Government has not allowed the delivery of OST to the uncontrolled territories, and the authorities of Luhansk People’s Republic decided to close down the programme, with devastating effects on patients.
This photo essay tells the stories of four women, each providing a unique insight into the deeply troubling cycle of poverty, low-level involvement, imprisonment, and recidivism into which women are too often pushed.
A group of academics from Indonesia’s top universities have rallied to stand with civil society experts and call for an evidence-informed response to drugs in Indonesia.
Mexico’s introduction of a new system for prescribing and dispensing strong prescription pain medicines will significantly improve health care for people with advanced illnesses.
This congress conveyed the importance of joint advocacy efforts to address the drug problem by prioritising a health-based approach and reiterating the importance of efforts to abolish the death penalty at the UNGASS in 2016.