Following a thorough review of its old structure and operations, AHRN has developed a new set of objectives that will guide its work over the coming years.
The Mexican government updated its drug war death toll on Wednesday, reporting that 47,515 people had been killed in drug-related violence since President Felipe Calderón began a military assault on criminal cartels in late 2006.
Australia’s first overdose management programme that provides naloxone on prescription to potential overdose victims has been developed and will be implemented in the Australian Capital Territory.
With 7 months to go until the upcoming AIDS 2012 Conference, young people are organizing and gathering forces now before mobilizing and advocating in the United States.
The Copenhagen City Council is pushing ahead with a proposal to decriminalise cannabis, and has set up a committee to investigate the best way to regulate the supply and distribution. The favoured option is for 30 or 40 cannabis shops controlled by the city in which adults may legally buy cannabis. By a margin of 39 votes to nine, the City Council decided to draw up a detailed outline of how the plan would work. Subsequently, the resulting proposal still has to be ratified by the Danish parliament, which has blocked similar movements in the past. But after the national elections in September 2011 the current parliament could support decriminalisation this time around.
Intercambios reflects on Rafael Bielsa´s appointment at the head of the Argentinian Secretariat for Programming Drug Abuse Prevention and the Fight against Drug Trafficking (SEDRONAR).
The Drugs, Security and Democracy (DSD) fellowship program supports research on organized crime, drug policy, issues of governance, and associated topics across the social sciences and related disciplines.
According to a study on 5965 persons arrested in prisons from Cordoba, federal offenses are the fourth cause of imprisonment in Cordoba, and affect persons involved in the lower ends of illegal drug markets.
In November, the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission held its 50th session in Buenos Aires. During the meeting the Commission agreed to expand some of its programs to other regions, such as Central America and the Caribbean. The project for the establishment of Drug Treatment Courts and the work of the Inter-American Drug Observatory were also highlighted.
In November 2011, the South American Council on the World Drug Problem met in La Paz, Bolivia. Delegates from the twelve countries that make up the regional bloc participated.