State governments are increasing efforts to fight drug use and drug trafficking in a way that is once again blurring the lines between a public health focus and a law enforcement focus on the issue.
An increasing number of policy makers worldwide are declaring that the existing approach to drug policies, which focuses on the use of law enforcement, has failed to prevent illicit drug use and supply.
EHRN is organising a parallel event at the Commission on the Status of Women to present recommendations to the Commission on violence against women who use drugs and/or are engaged in sex work in Eurasia.
The Victoria (Australia) Minister for Mental Health has released Reducing the alcohol and drug toll. Victoria’s plan 2013 – 2017. It' s the first whole of government strategy to reduce the impact of alcohol and drug abuse on the community.
The new regulation in Norway provides access to list of the groups of substances, that allows the government to a greater extent predefine newly developed drugs.
SENSE invites the authorities to consider the unintended consequences of the recent decision to prosecute Dr Katerina Matsa and Mr. Stavros Kevopulos in the light of the right to health and access to treatment in one of the most vulnerable groups in Greece.
