John Halpern, psychiatry professor at Harvard Medical School, believes that western cultures have adopted such a stringent attitude out of fear and that, “with the absence of facts, fear may reign.” […]

‘We’re out, we’re proud, and we’re not going anywhere.’ That’s how we’re going to change people’s perceptions. We’re going to introduce ourselves as drug users, and we’re going to show how there are functional drug users and responsible drug users.” […]

The Greens’ leader Richard Di Natale used the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy conference in Sydney to announce a $10 million Harm Reduction Innovation Fund. […]

There’s been a lot of polling on the topic lately. […]

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. […]

There’s a cultural problem to address, a stigma about addiction. The doctors who are teaching us medicine have not gotten this education. […]

In the words of David Simon, crime reporter and co-creator of The Wire: “The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion.” […]

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. […]

Yarra Mayor Roberto Colanzi has thrown his support behind a safe injecting room being installed in Richmond, Melbourne, to combat ice and heroin dealing. […]