On Monday 17th September, the Ministry of Justice, alongside the Transnational Institute and the International Drug Policy Consortium, held a high-level meeting to review the country’s legal response to drug use.
While the Vienna Declaration process has come to a close, the website will remain intact and it is hoped that the declaration will be a useful tool to highlight the support for drug policy reform.
The government will start issuing clean medical injection equipment, including hypodermic syringes, to people who use drugs to help protect them from getting infected by the HIV virus.
Under pressure to form a stable government able to tackle the financial crisis and European integration issues, winning political parties will need to find a common ground on the coffee shop issue.
With its emphasis on employment rather than incarceration, humane rather than punitive treatment, and voluntary rather than compulsory participation, the Sunshine Project marks a departure from China’s traditionally stern approach to drug users.
Take action to ask Commonwealth Ministers of Foreign Affairs to commit to reforming the many discriminatory laws that continue to undermine the response to HIV.
The Communications Volunteer will enhance IDPC’s visibility by supporting a comprehensive communication strategy, and contribute to the smooth running of the work of the IDPC Secretariat by providing administrative and research support.
Health Minister Astrid Krag has proposed that heroin in pill form be made available to dependent users, in an effort to reduce the risks of disease and overdose.
The Global Fund Board Delegation of the Communities Living with HIV, TB and affected by Malaria had announced a new call for nomination of new Delegation members for the period 2013 - 2015. The deadline for applications is 29th November.
Led by the national campaign “Drug Law: It’s Time to Change”, the draft bill aiming to decriminalize illicit drug possession and cultivation for personal use was presented last week in the online debate forum, E-Democracia. Since then, the bill has brought forth a wave of online followers.