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One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward in Argentina Drug Policy?

Nov 23, 2016

The Argentinian government has introduced new penalties for certain drug offences, including unprecedentedly punitive mandatory minimum sentencing. However, simultaneously, policymakers…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy

Мировые лидеры призывают декриминализировать мелкие наркопреступления

Talking Drugs

Nov 22, 2016

В новом отчете Глобальной Комиссии по Наркополитике «На пути реформы наркополитики. Новый подход к декриминализации», опубликованном в ноябре 2016 года…

Drug Policy

Racial Disparities in UK Drug Sentencing Highlight Need for Reform

Avinash Tharoor

Nov 22, 2016

A new report published by the UK’s Ministry of Justice reveals that white people are considerably less likely to face…

Drug Policy Drug Trafficking

World Leaders Demand End to Criminalisation of People who Supply Drugs, Illicit Crop Growers

Edward Fox

Nov 21, 2016

In its latest report, the Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) argues for a new approach to the decriminalisation of…

Drug Policy Drugs & Race

Busted! How Police Detect, Deal with Drug Possession Around the World

Dr. Adam Winstock & Dr. Caitlin Hughes

Nov 21, 2016

Getting caught with drugs can be extremely stressful. Criminal records for personal possession of drugs can ruin careers and opportunities.…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy

Что такое инъекционные комнаты и зачем они нужны

André Gomes

Nov 17, 2016

In early October, an injection center opened in one of the most disadvantaged areas of Paris. A six-year experiment in…

Drug Harm Reduction

Lack of Commitment to Harm Reduction Perpetuating Global HIV Crisis

Avinash Tharoor

Nov 16, 2016

Despite pledging to reduce the spread of HIV among people who inject drugs, governments around the world are failing to…

Drug Policy Drug Trafficking

Iranian Lawmakers Mull Ending Death Penalty for Drug Offences

Talking Drugs

Nov 15, 2016

The continued use of the death penalty as a punishment for drug offences is becoming an increasingly contentious issue in…

Drug Trafficking Opioids

Многоликий героин

Talking Drugs

Nov 14, 2016

Афганский коричневый, черная смола, колумбийский белый. Разные внешние и химические вариации уличного героина. Разные цвета, разные названия, разное происхождение, разный…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy

Ghana On the Verge of Decriminalising All Illegal Drug Use

Avinash Tharoor

Nov 11, 2016

The Ghanaian government could be set to decriminalise the personal possession and use of all illegal drugs in a groundbreaking…

Drug Policy

В десяти регионах России число людей, живущих с ВИЧ, превысило 1%

Anastasia Bezverkha

Nov 11, 2016

Десять регионов России считаются критическими с точки зрения ситуации с распространением ВИЧ-инфекции, заявила глава Минздрава РФ Вероника Скворцова, передает Интерфакс.…

Cannabis Drug Policy

Dutch Legislators Consider Cannabis Reform Amid Coffeeshop Violence

Talking Drugs

Nov 10, 2016

Recent violent attacks on cannabis coffeeshops in the Netherlands highlight the urgent need for the country to regulate cultivation of…