DeBeck et al. confirm that criminalisation of drug use has a negative effect on HIV prevention and treatment, and provide an objective evidence base for decriminalisation.
IDPC and PRI discuss how the UNGASS Outcome Document provides unprecedented opportunities to propose criminal justice reform and drug policy options grounded in fundamental UN principles.
The declaration calls for participation of affected communities and harm reduction services in formulating and implementing hepatitis C strategies and for holding governments to account.
Khalid Tinasti, Ann Fordham and David Bewley-Taylor ask what effect changing leadership at the WHO and UNDP will have on the organisations' positions on drug policy and harm reduction.
