Failure to provide effective interventions to reduce HIV transmission among drug users has resulted in unnecessary suffering, and for many, HIV-related death. Continued inaction threatens to undermine successful HIV prevention efforts in the country through ongoing HIV transmission among injection drug users and their sexual partners.
In a rare exclusive interview with Al Jazeera English’s Lucia Newman, Mexico’s National Security Spokesperson Alejandro Poire discusses bringing down drug cartels in Mexico and the role of the United States in reducing drug trafficking.
This report on cannabis legalisation was produced by a working group of the French National Assembly presided by Daniel Vaillant, former Minister of Home Affairs. The report (available below, in French) calls for the controlled legalisation of cannabis in France in order to better control the production and distribution of cannabis in the country and address efficiently the harms associated with its use.
The study was conducted to explore and better understand issues such as demographic characteristics, family structures and support, social exclusion, sexual and injecting behaviour, and accessibility, knowledge of and availability of services among women who inject drugs in Manipur.
This fact sheet documents how targeted, gender-sensitive harm reduction programming can promote higher participation amongst women drug users in Russia.
The Essential Guide to Problem Substance Use in Pregnancy, published by DrugScope, is the go-to reference guide for all practitioners who provide care to women who use drugs or alcohol before or during their pregnancy.
The WHO Policy Guidelines for Controlled Substances provide guidance on policies and legislation with regards to availability, accessibility, affordability and control of medicines made from substances regulated under the international drug control conventions.
'Children of the Drug War' is a unique collection of original essays that investigates the impacts of the war on drugs on children, young people and their families.
The key messages included in this report from the Correlation Network represent the most important aspects of interventions targeting injecting drug users.
Questo scritto ha lo scopo di esaminare i vantaggi e gli inconvenienti delle due diverse opzioni alla luce dell’esperienza italiana e se queste soluzioni siano davvero in grado di risolvere il problema.
The purpose of this paper is to examine the advantages and the shortcomings of the different options to distinguish drug possession for personal use and supply and trafficking, based on the Italian experience, as well as their real effectiveness in dealing with the problem.
