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28 September 2012

Mexico is new outpost for Transform Drug Policy Foundation

Transform has appointed Lisa Sánchez as its first Latin American Programme Manager to work with policymakers, groups and experts in Mexico and the region, using MUCD’s on-the-ground experience in Mexico and Transform’s groundbreaking resources and 15 years of experience advocating for the legal regulation of drugs.
28 September 2012

Poland is in the process of further rationalising its drug laws

"Prison for a joint? The effects of Polish drug law enforcement” was the theme of a recent conference in Warsaw, organized by national politicians and civil rights organizations. The event was held as a lead-up to several progressive legislative amendments planned in drug policy areas.
27 September 2012

US-led "war on drugs" questioned at U.N.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who leaves office on December 1 after spending much of his presidency locked in a bloody battle with drug-smuggling gangs, called on the United Nations to lead a global debate over a less "prohibitionist" approach to drugs.
25 September 2012

Lawsuit filed against government of Canada for failing to protect the health of federal prisoners

The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Prisoners with PASAN, CATIE, the CAAN and Steven Simons, a former federal prisoner, launched a lawsuit against the Government of Canada over its failure to protect the health of people in prison through its ongoing refusal to implement clean needle and syringe programs to prevent the spread of HIV and hepatitis C virus in federal institutions.
22 September 2012

Washington in Wonderland: United States Slams Bolivian Drug Control Efforts Lauded by UN

The lack of transparency about how U.S. officials calculate cocaine production estimates, combined with the contention that Bolivia is producing more cocaine than Colombia—despite having far less land under coca cultivation than Colombia or Peru— undermines U.S. credibility and isolates Washington from a region calling for an open debate on drug policy alternatives.
21 September 2012

Rise up – Peer education programme in Mauritius

Youth RISE has begun a peer education programme in Mauritius as part of our RISE UP! project, partnering with SAFIRE, an organisation based in Mauritius working with street children.
20 September 2012

Are Thai drug policies really working?

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.