The US President’s Budget, submitted to the U.S. Congress, contains over $12 billion in Federal funds for reducing drug use in the United States for fiscal year 2016 through prevention and treatment programs.
Various NGO networks have been planning UNGASS-related activities since it was agreed in 2013. They met in New York in January to discuss strategies going forward.
21-22 января 2015 г. в Астане, Казахстан, прошло консультативное совещание на высоком уровне, посвященное обсуждению прогресса, барьеров и путей улучшения доступа к получению услуг для ЛУИН.
A consultative high-level meeting in Kazakhstan discussed improving access to services for HIV prevention, treatment, care and support for people who inject drugs resulting in the adoption of a resolution.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released a new policy statement strongly supporting the decriminalization of cannabis and advocating for a reclassification of cannabis under federal law to facilitate more research on its medical benefits.
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.