Adequately funded safer consumption sites, with a clear enabling legal framework, show the benefits of this harm reduction intervention particularly for highly marginalised communities.
HRI and PRI discuss challenges, practices and opportunities related to the inclusion and prioritisation of people who use drugs and people in prison in the design, planning, and rolling-out of COVID-19 vaccination programs.
Addressing the personal and socio-structural conditions that expose people to drug-related harm is crucial to tackle current drug-related crises, and preventing the next ones.
Despite a decrease at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, killings have recently accelerated amidst social unrest and lessened international pressure.
In the context of a devastating overdose crisis that pushes 21 people per day into premature death, community-led safe supply initiatives offer a vital lifeline.
The manifesto, entitled 'You're also a victim', encourages citizens to support much-needed change in the country's drug policy to prioritise care, regulation, justice and participation.
The site inventories agreed language to defend evidence-based and rights-affirming responses to HIV and related sexual reproductive health challenges.
