Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, has called for dramatic reform of the country’s justice system, if not properly implemented, these proposals could actually worsen the problem of pre-trial and of overcrowded prisons.
Drug users who possess a small amount of illegal drugs for their own use might no longer face jail time, once a draft amendment to the Criminal Code prepared by the Ministry of Justice in Slovakia was approved.
24 years old Margarita Charykova was arrested in December 2012 in Moscow. She is facing up to ten years imprisonment for possession of the pain-killer, which was mixed with a home-made psychotropic stimulant.
Urgent attention is needed to address critical funding gaps in TB care and control, say the Global Network of People living with HIV (GNP+) and the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD).
INPUD and the Kenyan Network of People who Use Drugs delivered a capacity building workshop for 24 participants from KeNPUD to discuss the network's mission, vision, aims and objectives.
By establishing another federal security force made up of elements with primarily military training, la gendarmería, México president Peña Nieto is following in the footsteps of his predecessors to militarize public security in the country.
State-inflicted violence against women who use drug starts to draw more attention at international high-level meetings, as was the case in March, where two sessions addressed the issue.
UNODC and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will join forces to promote grass-roots development and alternative livelihoods in poor rural communities dependent on the cultivation of illicit drug crops.
The Maryland Senate voted to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of marijuana; this will remove the threat of jail time for people caught with less than 10 grams of marijuana.
