The UK governments response, as presented by Lord Bates to Lady Meacher’s question as to whether cannabis could be re-scheduled, out of schedule one, which determines that it has no medicinal value, to schedule two or three was to parrot the Home Office’s usual line on cannabis being a harmful drug.
For the first time, key stakeholders will discuss wide issues related to Hepatitis C prevalence among people who use drugs, existing challenges in accessing prevention and treatment services and improving the rights of people who use drugs in getting relevant services.
A group of drug strategy representatives from across the Province called upon the Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada to take immediate action to provide Naloxone in an effort to help prevent accidental deaths and injuries caused by opioid overdose.
For 20 years The Economist has led calls for a rethink on drug prohibition. This film looks at new approaches to drugs policy, from Portugal to Colorado. “Drugs: War or Store?” kicks off our new “Global Compass” series, examining novel approaches to policy problems.
This presentation offers the preliminary results of the global naloxone survey, conducted by the International Doctors for Healthier Drug Policies (IDHDP).
For years, Russia has remained remarkably silent on the challenge it faces from HIV and Aids. Now that silence has been broken by an epidemiologist who has been working in the field for more than two decades - and he calls the situation "a national catastrophe".
We cannot make our societies drug-free. But we can do something to reduce infection and overdose deaths, eliminate the problem of discarded needles, and treat drug dependence. This campaign is about real solutions - the choice is ours!
On the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, let us raise awareness about the value of applying a balanced approach to these problems based on an understanding that sustainable development can and must catalyze change across all these fronts.
