A combination of needle exchange, methadone maintenance and a shift away from injecting meant that between 2008 and 2012, 1000 fewer Scottish injectors had to face chronic infection with the potentially deadly hepatitis C virus.
This paper provides an overview of what is known about medicinal cannabis use in Australia, the current state of the scientific and medical evidence for its use, and problems with the current situation in Australia.
The purpose of this document is to map out the available research, disseminate the results and encourage the development of evidence-based policies on new psychoactive substances.
Ending the AIDS epidemic entails reducing new HIV infections, stigma and discrimination experienced by people living with HIV and key populations, and AIDS-related deaths by 90% compared to 2010 levels.
This briefing focuses on the judicial and prison systems, seeking to offer a variety of experiences that demonstrate how various situations can be addressed.
The section regarding the problem of illicit drugs is middlemost, since drug trafficking in Colombia has been instrumental in sustaining what has been the longest conflict in the Western Hemisphere.
While every situation is different and Costa Rica presents several advantages that other countries may lack, its recent efforts provide an encouraging example of how reform is possible in this politically sensitive issue.
