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What The Philippines’ War On Drugs Can Teach Australia
We have fallen behind the rest of the world in adopting many evidence-based initiatives. We have experienced an evidence-based policy-free zone for far too long. Programs such as supervised injecting rooms, pill testing, needle exchanges in prisons and heroin prescribing are badly needed to reduce the toll from illicit drugs. […]
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Aussie man tells of Philippine drug war
“How are you meant to believe that all these people who are being killed in buy-busts are guilty of drug dealing when they completely fabricated this whole thing against me?” […]
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Why we ignore thousands of killings in the Philippines: The victims were drug user
This genocide is being ignored because, for too long, the dehumanization of people who use drugs and calls for their death have been an acceptable part of the “drug war.” […]
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Australia earns Duterte’s ire
Malacañang has chided Australia for raising criticisms over the extrajudicial killings in the country through the media instead of the official channels. […]
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In a revelation sure to rock the industry to its core, an Australian reporter went to a music festival and was offered drugs.
It’s almost like Australia’s dog sniffing crackdown and political rhetoric seems to be having zero effect on attendees enjoying whatever they want. […]
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Police promise not to charge ice users — could this be the answer to Australia’s drug crisis?
John Coyne, head of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s border protection program, told news.com.au it was crucial police in this country adopted innovative ways to combat the ice crisis because “law enforcement on its own isn’t going to solve it”. “Chances are in the court system drug users won’t get a custodial sentence, but it will give them a drug…
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Australia urges Philippines: Stop extrajudicial killings
“The Australian government is concerned about ongoing reports of human rights violations in the Philippines and we are monitoring the situation closely,” Bishop was quoted in the Australian Financial Review report as saying. “We urge the government to ensure the cessation of extrajudicial killings and offer all Filipino citizens their rights according to the country’s criminal justice system,” Bishop added…
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Seattle Tries to Curb Heroin Deaths by Offering a Safe Place to Use
Seattle’s supervised injection center will be the first of its kind in the U.S., but New York is already considering a similar plan. […]
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Rodrigo Duterte vows to kill 3 million drug addicts and likens himself to Hitler
Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines president, appears to have compared himself to Hitler, saying he would be “happy to slaughter” millions of drug addicts in his bloody war on crime. […]
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Global Week of Action: Crisis for People who Use Drugs in the Philippines
Monday 10th October 2016 will kick off a week of sustained actions targeting the Filipino president and government through peaceful demonstrations at embassies and consulates of the Philippines around the world. Please click for more information. […]
