This comparative study of criminal legislation explores the issue of disproportionate penalties for drugs offences across time and between seven Latin American countries (Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, and Argentina).
This report by Drug Policy Alliance focuses in the number of working hours that police officers in NY spent dealing with marijuana possession arrests between 2002 and 2012.
In recognition of International Women’s Day, the Journal of the International AIDS Society launched a thematic series to highlight articles that address the different dimensions of HIV as they relate to women.
The key question we should ask is whether these Guiding Principles will help break the failed logic applied until now, which has prioritised forced eradication and added development as an afterthought.
Youth RISE is a youth-led network promoting evidence based drug policies and harm reduction strategies with the meaningful involvement of young people who use drugs and are affected by drug policies.
This February 2013 newsletter focuses on drug policy developments and harm reduction services in Montenegro, OST treatment in Albania or the development of local responses to the emerging HIV threat among users of legal high in Romania.
Human Rights Watch documented nearly 250 “disappearances” that occurred in the framework of drug on wars. In more than 140 of these cases, state agents participated directly in the crime, sometimes acting in conjunction with organized crime.
New Ipsos MORI poll shows 53% of GB british public want cannabis legalised or decriminalised, and 67% want a comprehensive review of our approach to drugs.
This study ensued from clinical observations based on spontaneous accounts by crack abusers undergoing their first psychiatric assessment, where they reported using cannabis in an attempt to ease their own withdrawal symptoms.
