The Communications Volunteer will enhance enhance IDPC’s visibility by supporting a comprehensive communication strategy, as well as contribute to the smooth running of the work of the IDPC Secretariat through providing administrative and research support.
The Senior Policy and Operations Manager will contribute to the strengthening of our secretariat operations and lead on the development of IDPC’s policy and advocacy work with a specific focus on health and HIV issues. Please apply by 5th June 2012!
The HCLU, together with Mito, a Budapest-based communication agency, created an online computer game to educate the public about the consequences of the global war on drugs and raise awareness on the Count the Costs! campaign.
Recently, a healthy and necessary debate on drugs has taken place in Chile. Little by little, we see more solid, evidence-based arguments, discussions that leave taboos and moral barriers aside, presentations of transverse positions, and the participation of a diversity of actors, including former heads of state, parliamentarians, academics, experts, consumers, and civil society representatives.
Vinte e cinco candidatos, entre empresas e profissionais de comunicação, de todo o Brasil se inscreveram para participar do concurso que o Viva Rio promoveu para selecionar a melhor proposta de campanha para mudar a legislação sobre a política de drogas no país.
Twenty five candidates, including advertising agencies and communication professionals from all across Brazil, signed up for a competition organized by Viva Rio to select the best idea for a campaign that could change the legislation on drug policies in the country.
The adverse effects of Mexico’s militarization of its domestic law enforcement on the country’s human rights climate are so obvious that we are left wondering why Calderón’s War on Drugs strategies and Mérida assistance have not yet been radically redirected, if both Mexican and US authorities are as serious about improving security for the citizens of Mexico as they have continuously claimed to be for the past five years.
The new president of France, François Hollande, is not likely to change cannabis policies. His choice as Minister of the Interior, Manuel Valls, is a declared opponent to any reform on cannabis.
La Regione Toscana rompe la cantilena monocorde proibizionista che sembrava aver imbambolato il nostro paese. Approvata a maggioranza la proposta di legge che consente in Toscana l’uso dei farmaci cannabinoidi per combattere il dolore, nelle cure palliative e in alcuni tipi di terapie. Sgherri: “un traguardo di civiltà”.
