British Columbia asks for the decriminalisation of possession and personal use of drugs in order to save lives, reduce stigma, and to start treating drug dependence as a health issue and not a criminal one.
Vienna, Geneva and the whole UN system must work closer to ensure and improved alignment between drug policy, development and human rights commitments.
EHRA is establishing grants for drug policy and harm reduction organizations working to address human rights violations during Covid-19 in the CEECA region.
IDPC is receiving proposals on behalf of the Harm Reduction Consortium to develop the 'Global Drug Policy Index''s website and branding. Deadline to apply: 26 February 2021.
The bill would remove criminal penalties and offer referrals to relevant services, rather than substituting criminal punishment for administrative ones.
Participants in the Global Fund community want to see barriers to health services removed and to invest more in community-led responses to make such services more accessible.
Despite its decriminalisation in the ACT, cannabis possession remains a crime under Commonwealth law, creating frictions that imperil people's welfare.
