Since May 2014, several Ukrainian towns in Donetsk regions have been facing new reality: gunmen, explosions, torture and killings, events that affect drug users and people living with HIV.
The Resolution of the 44th OEA General Assembly promoted by Uruguay, co-sponsored by Argentina, and supported by Ecuador, Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala, is about drugs and human rights.
Once the Constituent Assembly approved the pardon, 2,300 people were released, according to the Ecuadoran Public Defender’s Office. As of March 2010, the recidivism rate was under 1%.
The OAS and the Government of the Republic of Guatemala launch the initiative "The Voice of the Youth of the Americas", a creative and complementary exchange that will allow the youth to compete with concrete proposals to find new approaches to the global drug problem.
For Washington and the UN drug control bureaucracy, the extent to which the ongoing drug-control reforms across the Americas are pushing the boundaries of the global legal framework laid down in three UN drug-control conventions has become a delicate issue.
While the insurgency steals the headlines, a separate and growing problem remains "under the radar" in Thailand's South; the number of injecting drug users (IDU) is on the rise and their rights and quality of life are being eroded.
Around the world, many countries are using the UN's position to justify the excessive criminalisation of drug users, and Canada is no exception – it is time the country reviews its drug policy.
The Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) called to provide universal access to healthcare services and to protect human rights of people who use drugs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the medical evidence surrounding the safety and effectiveness of marijuana, a process that could lead to rescheduling of this drug.
The New York NGO Committee on Drugs (“NYNGOC”) announces the election of the following new members of the Executive Committee at its Annual General Meeting held June 20, 2014.
A coalition of medical and drug experts is calling for a second supervised injecting centre to be opened in Sydney, after a spike in overdoses from heroin and similar drugs.