The movement to reclaim the health and dignity of people who use drugs has expanded needle and exchange programmes, access to naloxone, and welcomed endorsements from previously skeptical agencies.
The Civil Society Forum is a broad platform for a structured dialogue between the Commission and the European civil society which supports policy formulation and implementation through practical advice.
Myanmar’s return to drug trafficking, which also includes a thriving trade in methamphetamine, comes as the country opens up to the world and sheds the shackles of five decades of isolation and dictatorship.
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.