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28 November 2011

Mexico’s changing drug war: Shifting sands

Five years ago, Felipe Calderón took office as Mexico’s president and launched a crackdown against organised crime. Since then there has been a horrible predictability about the country’s drug war: each year the number of deaths has risen, most of them concentrated in a handful of cities. But this year both those tendencies look as if they have started to change. The annual death toll seems to have plateaued at around 12,000. Hotspots have cooled, only for violence to invade places previously considered safe.
28 November 2011

Korean Free Trade Agreement can seriously affect public health response in South Korea

Many civil society organisations working on HIV, AIDS and human rights express grave concern about the manner in which the KORUS Free Trade agreement was passed in the South Korean Parliament in November. The South Korean government has reportedly pushed its parliament to ratify the agreement without transparent and open public debate. This act of secrecy and lack of accountability to the public was demonstrated by the chaos that prevailed in the South Korean Parliament on Tuesday.
28 November 2011

Portugal and the drug war

The Portuguese drug decriminalisation and harm reduction model has been in place for a decade and is a proven success, but austerity measures may threaten drug treatment.
25 November 2011

Launch of the Global Drug Survey 2012

The Global Drug Survey is an anonymous online survey that addresses how people are using illegal drugs as well as alcohol, tobacco and prescription medications. It combines basic information on what drugs people use, how often they take them, and the medical, social and legal consequences of drug use.
23 November 2011

Time for NGOs to talk about drugs

With the astonishing admission of the Colombian president that the war on drugs is not working, the time is right for the international development community to add its voice.
23 November 2011

Case Study Database, the stories behind the statistics

The Case Study Database promotes a debate among legal professionals about the absence of basic constitutional principles in Brazil’s Drug Laws such as the right to health care, limits on the punitive power of the State and, above all, the democratic spirit of the rule of law.
21 November 2011

Italian NGOs call new government for drug policy reform

After Berlusconi’s government resignation, Italian NGOs appeal to the newly appointed Prime Minister, Mario Monti, for a change in drug policies and for the dismissal of the drug czar, Carlo Giovanardi, and of the Head of the Drug Department, Giovanni Serpelloni. This appeal was signed by 300 professionals.
21 November 2011

Orphans of the war on drugs in Mexico

According to the Commission for Vulnerable Groups of the Mexican Deputies’ Chamber, 40,000 children have become orphans as a result from the Drug War related violence. W Radio, a nation-wide broadcasting company in Mexico, is airing a series of stories on the impact of the war on drugs on children and youth.