Global Harm Reduction Growing Yet Still Punitive, According to New Report
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Harm Reduction International’s (HRI) 2024 edition of the Global State of Harm Reduction highlighted how Indigenous people and youth lack…
Posts by André Gomes
“We are here to break this silence”: Activists Disrupt AIDS Conference In Support of Palestine
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Just as the 25th International AIDS Society (IAS) conference was happening in Munich in July, protestors took over the stage…
How to Regulate Drugs in the EECA Region, According to Civil Society
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While the current international drug control conventions establish a global consensus, alternatives are increasingly being adopted: there is decriminalisation in…
Regional Australian Synthetic Opioids Plan Launched Amid Growing Concerns
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The lack of readiness to deal with synthetic opioids like fentanyl, nitazenes and their analogues has prompted Australian harm reduction…
Out of One, Many: The Growth of the Brazilian Cannabis Marches
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2024 was yet another successful year for the Marcha da Maconha. The Brazilian cannabis march in São Paulo this year…
Incarceration in the Name of Rehabilitation in Rwanda’s Detention Centres
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“My child has been imprisoned illegally, he was not a drug user or a dealer. He was a good, kind,…
Georgian Harm Reduction Under Attack by Foreign Agent Law
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News of Georgia’s new “foreign agent law” has triggered concern and criticism from the country’s civil society organisations, many of…
New Report Lights Up Path for Drug Regulation in Colombia
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Internationally, Colombia has forged ahead with its agenda of drug policy change, openly criticising the UN’s drug control regime while…
Duterte Rising: How the Philippines’ Drug War Came to Be
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The Philippines’ drug war remains one of the most brutal cases of state-sanctioned violence on people who use drugs globally.…
Ahead of European Elections, Advocates Launch The Drug Policy Manifesto
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In preparation for the upcoming European Parliament elections in June, Correlations European Harm Reduction Network (C-EHRN) have launched the 2024…
New Coalition Calls for Drug Legalisation in New Zealand
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A newly formed Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa (HRCA) from New Zealand launched with an initial action of sending an open…
Two Years In, Ukraine’s Drug Markets Keep Shifting
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February marked two years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This has not only caused the displacement of millions from…