For thousands of prison inmates convicted of crack cocaine charges, the prison doors will be opening early, thanks to sentencing changes easing the disparity between the penalties for possessing or distributing crack vs. powder cocaine.
The VKC contributes to improved knowledge and strengthened operations research capacity for scale up of HIV/OST programmes for people who inject drugs by creating an increased Russian-language evidence base around OST, harm reduction and HIV, as well as specialized documents and training modules relevant to professionals, public health experts, narcologists, students, parliamentarians, NGOs and any other interested and involved parties working in this field in EECA.
This video is a call to help the Indigenous people from the Tayrona culture in Colombia who have been harmed by the fumigation practise, used as a weapon in the War on Drugs.
The State Government of Victoria introduced the new law on the 1 November 2011. This law makes it an offence under the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 for adults to supply alcohol to anyone under the age of 18 years in a private residence without parental consent. Previously the Act did not apply to private residences. Under the new law, a person who supplies alcohol to a minor without parental consent could face a fine of more than $7,000.
Juan Manuel Santos, the Colombian president, has called for the global legalisation of marijuana to help combat the trafficking of harder drugs and related violence.
Proposed changes to Ecuador's penal code would decriminalise possession of drugs for personal use, including up to 10 grams of marijuana and hashish, four grams of opium, five grams of cocaine, and 100 milligrams of heroin.
The main objective of this meeting was to put together a set of recommendations to feed into the debates that will be taking place in the coming months among European Union Member States around the new EU Drug Strategy.
Novo curso “Diminuir para somar: capacitação em redução de danos sobre álcool e outras drogas” visa a ajudar os agentes comunitários de saúde a melhorar a abordagem de usuários de drogas e o prosseguimento dos casos.
Despite presiding over one of the fastest-growing HIV epidemics in the world, Russia continues to reject proven harm reduction measures, imperilling the lives of one of its most vulnerable populations: injection drug users.
