The heroin drug use and HIV have emerged as a public health emergency in Puerto Rico, where more than 50% of all HIV newly reported cases come from intravenous drug use.
On the foot-tracks of the official announcement of Hepatitis C treatment in prisons around Georgia, the Ministry of Health announced that it would launch a programme for the general population and reach universal coverage by 2016.
International Overdose Awareness Day provides an opportunity for people to publicly mourn for loved ones, some for the first time, without feeling guilt or shame.
As part of the vote of the law of regulation of cannabis in the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay this 31st July, more than one hundred organisations signed a letter supporting the bill.
The purpose of this position will be to assist Ruth Dreifuss and Michel Kazatchkine in their coordinating role of the European sub9group of the Global Commission on Drug Policy.
