The harm-reduction approaches of some countries that treat drug use as a public health issue, rather than a crime, can be a start to turn down the failed war on drugs.
The study will provide a sound overview of all EU Member States' practices in applying alternatives to coercive sanctions as a response to drug law offences and drug-related crimes.
Civil society organisations are calling on Member States and UN agencies to sustain the leadership and political will to ensure that the post 2015 development agenda is based on the protection of human rights, equality, non-discrimination, and social justice for all.
In Romania harm reduction services cannot cover all drug users that face many other challenges such as limited access to social and medical services and police violence.
Europe will provide Caribbean countries with the establishment of joint national maritime intelligence units, a regional maritime information system, as well as regional and trans-regional networking and technical assistance.
The mission of this grant is to call attention to abuses in locked drug treatment centres in Latin America, in order to press governments to establish mechanisms for monitoring abuse, and to regulate facilities offering drug “treatment” or “rehabilitation".