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Why Australia needs drug consumption rooms
While the benefits of incarceration can be difficult to identify, Sydney’s Medically Supervised Injecting Centre produces larger financial savings than it costs to run. […]
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Canada approves second officially supervised intravenous drug use site
An acclaimed Canadian HIV/Aids treatment centre has been given the green light to operate a supervised drug injection site by Canada’s federal government, becoming the second such approved site in North America. […]
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‘We accept you’: Police pledge compassion instead of force to help people ‘suffering from addiction’
A police chief in Massachusetts has made an emotional Facebook appeal to drug addicts. […]
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Insite gets stamp of approval from Canada’s health minister
Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott has given a heartfelt stamp of approval to the work of Vancouver’s Insite supervised-injection site. […]
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Clinton vows tepid leadership on cannabis
Clinton’s essentially saying she’d consider loosening rules on cannabis by regulating it like opium or cocaine. The bare minimum of reform. […]
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Prohibition breeds ‘hypocrites and lawbreakers,’ ex-Attorney General tells Vermonters
Former Vermont Attorney General Kimberly Cheney will be appearing in a new ad that backs marijuana legalization in Vermont. […]
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What does World AIDS Day mean for police?
Why should police even care about this public health campaign? […]
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Music festivals and drugs: how would pill testing work?
There is little but political will standing in the way of introducing pill testing at Australian music festivals. […]
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The case for supervised injection, treatment
Drug addiction remains a major public health challenge in many settings throughout the world, including in Victoria. […]
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Congress ends ban on federal funding for needle exchange programs
The US Congress just changed a policy that was in place for much of the last three decades, effectively ending a ban on federal funding for needle exchanges. […]