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27 March 2013

The UN on Drugs: Trends in 2013

The HCLU attended CND 2013 annual meeting in Vienna and interviewed key professionals that talked about the new approach of New Zealand to new psychoactive drugs, the views of UNOCD to the legalization of marijuana in the US and the new marijuana regulation scheme of Uruguay.

27 March 2013

French weed users register 'cannabis clubs'

Cannabis users across France took a high-risk step by registering “Cannabis social clubs” with local authorities as official non-profit organizations.

25 March 2013

High stakes in mexico's choice on justice system reform

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.

25 March 2013

Sentencing for drug offences in Slovakia

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.

25 March 2013

Russian human rights activists demand that the authorities release M.Charykova, who is accused of possesion of pain-killers

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.

22 March 2013

World TB Day 2013: GNP+ and INPUD call for a massive scale up of TB services for people living with HIV and those who use drugs

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).

22 March 2013

Feedback from the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

This is a brief account of this year's Commission on Narcotic Drugs and of IDPC's and other NGO activities around the event.

21 March 2013

Innovative regulation of legal highs in New Zealand

This HCLU video features Peter Dunne explaining the innovative legislational approach of New Zealand towards new psychoactive drugs.

21 March 2013

Capacity building workshop for drug users’ network in Kenya

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.

20 March 2013

Mexico’s new military police force

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.

20 March 2013

Women's rights addressed at two events at UN level

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.

20 March 2013

UNODC and UNIDO will promote development in rural communities dependent on drug crops

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.