US Syringe Exchanges Are Still Under Attack (Part 1)
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In some ways, people who inject drugs in the United States are enjoying unprecedented lawful access to supplies to keep…
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The Right-Wing Pro-Death Stance on Medical Cannabis in Brazil
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“Giant by thine own nature” is probably the only plausible line in the Brazilian national anthem. Brazil’s territory has humongous fertile…
Canada: Decriminalising Drug Use Is A Necessary Step, But It Won’t End The Opioid Overdose Crisis
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Media, policy-makers, advocates and the public claim that decriminalization will make drug use safer and save lives. But can it?…
UN Highlights Role of Drug War in Racist Policing
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On 28th June the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released its report, “Agenda towards transformative change…
Militarism, Prohibitionism, Drug War: A Formula for Massacre
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On the 6th of May, agents of the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro entered the community of Jacarezinho to…
Take-Home Naloxone: The Peoples’ Overdose Antidote
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Given the high prevalence of opioid mortality rates around the globe, naloxone, an opioid antagonist, has become a crucial medication…
Russia and Belarus officially oppose harm reduction, decriminalisation and human rights – at the UN signed the Political Declaration on HIV-AIDS 2021
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On 8 June 2021, the UN High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS in New York adopted the 2021 Political Declaration on…
Talking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia [May 2021]
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1. Russia: policemen, who were declared guilty of planting drugs to Russian journalist Ivan Golunov, have been sentenced to up…
TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [May 2021]
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Police officers who planted drugs on Russian journalist Ivan Golunov have been sentenced to up to 12 years in prison,…
Трилемма наркополитики: как эффективно бороться с наркотиками, обеспечив также мир и развитие?
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Смерть 25 человек в результате полицейского рейда в Рио де Жанейро в мае 2021 года вновь актуализировала фокус “войны с наркотиками”…
Global Harm Reduction Funding Crisis Is Worse Than Ever
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Globally, 2019 saw 1.7 million new HIV infections, with 690,000 deaths from complications related to AIDS. There are now an estimated…
The Jacarezinho Massacre and Lethal Drug Policy Enforcement in Brazil
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It’s a Rio de Janeiro classic. Officers of the civil, military or army police make an incursion into a favela. They…