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17 January 2012

Dutch to ban Khat

In keeping with the regressive turn that the Dutch drug policy has taken under its conservative coalition government, the government said it will ban khat, a plant used by people from the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula for its mild stimulant properties.

16 January 2012

Civil Society Forum on Drugs to help the EC draft a new EU Drug Strategy

For the past few months, the Civil Society Forum on Drugs has been drafting a list of recommendations to guide the European Commission in drafting the new EU Drug Strategy.

16 January 2012

Fixerum - Mobile Injection Room in Copenhagen

Denmark has one of the highest overdose death rates in the European Union. Contrary to common beliefs overdose is a preventable cause of the death and its prevention does not cost a lot of money: you need to provide skills and tools for preventing lives and a safe environment to use drugs.

16 January 2012

7 Reasons Why We Dislike the New Hungarian Drug Strategy

The Hungarian government rejected the progressive drug strategy of the country and drafted a new, prohibitionist one based on zero-tolerance.

16 January 2012

Guatemala president orders army to join drugs fight

One day after his inauguration, Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has ordered the army to join the fight against drug cartels.

16 January 2012

AHRN unveils new Strategic Plan

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.

16 January 2012

Mexico Updates Death Toll in Drug War to 47,515, but Critics Dispute the Data

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.

16 January 2012

Expanding naloxone availability in Australia

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.

10 January 2012

YouthForce launches global e-consultation for youth advocacy at AIDS 2012

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.

9 January 2012

Copenhagen wants controlled cannabis shops

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.

8 January 2012

A change of scene in drugs policy in Argentina?

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).

4 January 2012

Drugs, Security, and Democracy Fellowship

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.