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Increasing Numbers Of Americans Support Marijuana Legalisation
There’s been a lot of polling on the topic lately. […]
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US: Police and prison guards fight marijuana legalisation in California
Drug war money has become a notable source of funding for law enforcement interests. Huge government grants and asset-seizure windfalls benefit police departments, while the constant supply of prisoners keeps the prison business booming. […]
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Harvard Med Students Demand Training on Opioid Addiction
There’s a cultural problem to address, a stigma about addiction. The doctors who are teaching us medicine have not gotten this education. […]
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How Anti-Drug Laws Empower the Strongman
In the words of David Simon, crime reporter and co-creator of The Wire: “The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion.” […]
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Di Natale: Time to end the harm caused by illicit drugs
Speaking at a conference in Sydney this afternoon, Australian Greens Leader Dr Richard Di Natale announced a Harm Reduction Innovation Fund to invest in practices that reduce and prevent the harm caused by illicit drugs. […]
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Islamic Countries Are Blocking LGBT Groups From a UN Meeting on AIDS
More than 20 nonprofit groups, most of which work explicitly with gay and transgender communities, are being blocked from participating in a major UN session on AIDS by a coalition of Islamic countries, as well as Russia and two additional African member states. […]
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Richmond traders change tune on support for safe injecting room to combat drug use on Victoria St
Yarra Mayor Roberto Colanzi has thrown his support behind a safe injecting room being installed in Richmond, Melbourne, to combat ice and heroin dealing. […]
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Hey Politicians, Here Are 10 Proposals That Would Actually Address the Opioid Crisis
It’s great that the US is talking about opioids and overdose. But—just once—I would love to hear any of these politicians mention some concrete steps that we can all take today. Things that are free. Things that are simple, easy and quick. […]
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Making a fundamental shift in drug policy and harm reduction
Redirecting 7.5 percent of the money spent on the war on drugs could reduce HIV-related deaths by 94 percent, a recent report by U.K.-based NGO Harm Reduction International, “The Case for a Harm Reduction Decade: Progress, Potential and Paradigm Shifts”, found. […]
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‘No more money for our needles’
The National Narcotic Board declared that it would rehabilitate 100 000 drug users by the end of 2015. It is not surprising, considering the lack of sufficient infrastructure, resources and qualified staff, that this target was not reached. Moreover, it reflects the government’s continued misunderstanding of the nature of addiction itself, which cannot be adequately addressed while drug users continue…
