On 8 December 2014, police officers from the Kabalagala Police Station rounded up and arrested over 70 drug users in the same vicinity including UHRN’s peer educators and members.
The Global Commission on Drug Policy calls on European institutions to raise Europe’s voice in the global debate on drug policy, and to share the results of decades of pragmatic and scientifically monitored efforts.
Compared to dependent drug users outside treatment, methadone patients are less likely to die, less likely to inject, less likely to contract blood-borne viruses and they use fewer drugs.
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.