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6 June 2014

Experts by experience

Participants in the Staying Safe hepatitis C prevention project gave invaluable insight into life-saving protective practices. The findings could be used to make harm reduction messages much more relevant.

6 June 2014

Innocent lives lost in India due to unrelieved pain

On 2 June a nine-year-old boy died at the hands of his parents as a result of their desperation to end his unrelieved pain. The parents then committed suicide.

6 June 2014

50 cities confirmed for the "Global Day of Action" on June 26th

On Thursday 26th June 2014, hundreds of activists in more than 50 cities around the world will make their voices heard as part of the global Support. Don't punish campaign – funded through the CAHR project.

5 June 2014

Georgia: Tbilisi struggles with drug policy reform

When it comes to government policy on illegal narcotics, the South Caucasus country is still not ready for European integration, experts contend.

5 June 2014

Prisoners sentenced with unconstitutional norms have the right to be resentenced, says Italian Court of Cassation

In February, the Italian Constitutional Court ruled that most of the 2006 drug law norms were unconstitutional and the Court of Cassation decided that people sentenced and incarcerated under the illegitimate norms have the right to be resentenced.

5 June 2014

Eurasian Harm Reduction Network promotes campaign to encourage domestic funding of harm reduction

Representatives from Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine and Tajikistan met in May to launch a regional project seeking to encourage more domestic spending on harm reduction programmes.

4 June 2014

Hepatitis resolution passed by 67th World Health Assembly includes calls for increased access to new medicine, syringe exchange

The resolution includes calls to use legal flexibilities to lower prices of new effective medicines, and accelerate harm reduction programmes for people who inject drugs.

4 June 2014

Uruguay to sell marijuana tax-free to undercut drug traffickers

Uruguay will exempt marijuana production and sales from taxes in a bid to ensure prices remain low enough to undercut competition from black market pot smuggled in from Paraguay.

4 June 2014

Guatemala eyes alternative crop subsidies to dampen poppy allure

Guatemala is considering subsidizing alternative crops for poppy farmers in order to curb the production of narcotics and raise funds for social programs.

4 June 2014

HIV/AIDS epidemic in Europe: HIV transmission through injecting drug use

OST is one of the best ways to prevent HIV transmission among people who inject drugs. Integrating such therapy with HIV treatment and care is key to addressing the HIV epidemic effectively.

4 June 2014

Canada House of Commons passes palliative care bill

The House of Commons almost unanimously voted in favor of Motion M-456, recognising that there is a need for national strategies, frameworks and blueprints in hospice palliative and end-of-life care.

3 June 2014

Medical Marijuana (no) Precedent in Bulgaria

Marin Kalchev is a multiple sclerosis patient, who uses marijuana extract to manage the negative symptoms of his chronic disease. He was arrested in April 2013 for cannabis growing, but was eventually judged not guilty by the court.