Following the groundbreaking call last month by the World Health Organization (WHO) for countries to stop criminalizing drug use and treat the issue as a public health one, this infographic outlines the stance of a handful of UN agencies toward drug decriminalization.
This letter, signed by over 80 organisations, calls for an end to the war on drugs in an effort to protect children both in Latin America and the United States.
The CRG technical assistance programme from the Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Department at the Global Fund is now ready to receive requests for support.
The International Overdose Awareness Day committee is calling people to add their voice to a day calling attention to reducing the global scale of drug fatalities.
This new movie produced by Drugreporter and filmed at the AIDS 2014 conference in Melbourne, explores the most effective tools for ending the HIV epidemic while sparing a thought for the six well-known HIV researchers and activists who died in the crash of MH17.
Making smart changes to global drug policies could have a massive impact upon transmission rates of HIV and other infectious diseases, said Richard Bronson.
Dr. Eliot Ross Albers, Executive Director of the International Network of People who Use Drugs discusses the importance of overcoming stigma, discrimination and criminalisation for drug users and key populations in general.