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World Harm Reduction Report: For the First Time, No Increase in Number of Countries With Syringe Access
“Behind these numbers remains a landscape of political neglect where harm reduction advocates and people who use drugs are struggling to fill the gap governments are leaving behind,” write the report’s authors. “Civil society is relied upon to deliver services, gather data, advocate for funding and fight for the rights of people who use drugs. […]
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Drug users swap stories, share warnings online in search for safety
“In the absence of a better system, people will use the systems that are available,” said NDARC researcher and Bluelight administrator Monica Barratt. “People are using drugs, and the internet is not going away,” Dr Barratt said. “We believe we need to change the way we approach drugs and talk about the best ways of dealing with these issues.” […]
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The war on drugs has failed: doctors should lead calls for drug policy reform
Doctors and their leaders have ethical responsibilities to champion individual and public health, human rights, and dignity and to speak out where health and humanity are being systemically degraded. Change is coming, and doctors should use their authority to lead calls for pragmatic reform informed by science and ethics. […]
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Speaking out for drug war victims, a Filipina activist goes into hiding
Today, she lives with her three children in hiding, sheltered by an extraordinary witness protection program run by the country’s independent Commission on Human Rights, which has feared for her safety while it investigates the case. […]
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We broke the law and saved lives, and still we’re worried about ‘wrong messages’ in drug policy
Thirty years ago we resorted to civil disobedience to start a needle exchange program and set an example for the world. Today we watch from the sidelines. […]
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Ghana On the Verge of Decriminalising All Illegal Drug Use
“I welcome the move to decriminalise drug use in my home country, Ghana. The use of drugs is harmful but reducing the harm is a task for the public health system, not the courts”, said Kofi Annan. […]
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Super strength Ecstasy, mega dose opiates and the N-bomb flooding Australia in deadliest summer of drugs
“With no pill testing program here or harm minimisation culture like there is in Europe, we are estimating a truly abysmal summer of drug overdoses.” […]
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How Marijuana Won the Election
What Trump will do in light of his repeated calls for “law and order” and cracking down on crime is much harder to say. But if the man has an eye on winning a second term in 2020, he may not want to make weed his law enforcement priority. In most states where medical or recreational marijuana was on the…
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NZ: We regulate legal use of alcohol and tobacco, why not marijuana?
Cannabis law reform doesn’t mean putting marijuana in school canteens, says Drug Foundation boss Ross Bell. It’s about investing in more treatment programmes and dialling back the police and courts. […]
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It’s Been a Historic Election for Marijuana
Across the US, voters have spoken, and they are embracing marijuana. In California, Florida, and even North Dakota, measures to legalize recreational or medical marijuana have passed handily. […]
