After a few years of relative peace under the rule of a mafia boss, the Colombian city of Medellín, birthplace of the first great narco-trafficking cartel, has seen violent crime soar once again. The culprits are from a new generation of urban youth specializing in protection rackets, drug sales and assassinations.
The 2011 Afghan Opium Survey reports an increase in opium production and prices, and sustained high rates of opiate consumption and HIV prevalence amongst injecting drug users in Afghanistan.
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On 26 September, the Global Fund Board decided to revise the current estimated budget for Round 11 to no more than US$0.8 billion, and to delay the closing date to Round 11 proposals to 1 March 2012.
International coalitions of harm reduction experts, applauded the decision by the Supreme Court of Canada to uphold the human rights of all Canadians by allowing Insite - Vancouver's life-saving supervised injection site - to remain open.
Nesta Declaração, policiais reafirmão a necessidade da repressão rigorosa ao crime organizado, à lavagem de dinheiro e à corrupção, bem como promover uma abordagem mais eficaz e construtiva em relação ao uso de drogas.
In this declaration, police officers from around the world reaffirm the continued need for tough enforcement against organised crime, money laundering and corruption, but call for more effective and constructive approaches with regard to drug use.
Cambodia has opened the country’s first methadone-treatment programs/centers in September 2011, in approach to help heroine users. The methadone program will be strictly voluntary.
Some 80,000 farmers' families in Colombia depend on illicit coca bush cultivation to survive. UNODC runs projects to wean farmers off illicit crop cultivation by encouraging them to pursue alternative livelihoods