As rates of the disease decrease among Australians overall, hepatitis C is three times higher and rising in Indigenous populations prompting calls for improved medical services.
For the first time, the country's Rastafarian community, which uses the herb for religious purposes, could be able to smoke it legally. The bill also envisages a licensing authority for the cultivation, sale and distribution of marijuana for medical purposes.
In 2011, countries in Asia committed to reducing the transmission of HIV among people who inject drugs by 2015, however a broad range of punitive strategies hinder the achievement of this goal.
The letter draws on the strong body of evidence which shows that the death penalty for drugs traffickers is not an effective response to the global drug problem, and is in violation of international human rights law.
В своей смелой речи реформатор политики в отношении наркотиков Итан Надельман пылко призывает покончить с «отбрасывающим назад, жестоким, провальным» движением, чтобы искоренить торговлю наркотиками.
The rejection will allow the Indian generic companies to make and sell versions of the drug in country where a majority of people live on less than $2 a day.
Following a decision by the Ukrainian government to halt supplies to Eastern Ukraine, major stockouts of OST and other life-saving treatments are anticipated by the end of February.