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.
The video shows a documentary about the neuroscientist, Karl Hart, professor at Columbia University, who got international attention after questioning the common sense about the use, abuse and addiction on crack cocaine.
New legislation introduced at the Federal Parliament will prohibit all new psychoactive substances unless importers can prove they have a legitimate use.
A recent study has revealed that the HIV prevalence rate amongst injecting drug users in New Zealand to have fallen to just 0.2 percent; the lowest ever recorded in New Zealand and likely the lowest anywhere in the world.
With its emphasis on community participation and respect for human rights, the approach stands out as the world’s first supply-side harm reduction initiative.
While huge numbers of people and organisations all over the world have been calling for drug policy reform, including the Global Commission on Drug Policy, the WHO has now joined our call for the decriminalisation of drug use.
In 2011, the Tanzanian government opened the country's first methadone maintenance clinic, and a new study is highlighting the huge successes the program has achieved thus far.
In an era of limited resources, HIV prevention, care, and treatment efforts need to focus on the smartest investments.This means investing in programmes that can have the greatest impact in halting HIV transmission and turning back the epidemic.