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Выйти из тени: украинские женщины, употребляющие наркотики, заявили в ООН о нарушении своих прав – ВИДЕО

Feb 27, 2017

Впервые в Украине женщины, употребляющие наркотики, в сотрудничестве с инициативными группами женщин живущих с ВИЧ, секс-работниц, а также представительницами ЛБТ…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy

“It’s Something Like a Living Room”: My Experience of a Safe Drug Use Room in Amsterdam

Talking Drugs

Feb 25, 2017

At the end of October 2016, members of the Glasgow City Council, the health board and Police Scotland agreed to…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy

More Education, Less Indoctrination: the Improved US Approach to Drug Use

Talking Drugs

Feb 24, 2017

The US government’s approach to drug education has come a long way since the days of “Just Say No”, but…

Cannabis Drug Policy

Dutch MPs Back Cannabis Cultivation Bill, But Senate Approval Needed

Avinash Tharoor

Feb 21, 2017

A majority of MPs in the Netherlands’ lower house of parliament have backed a bill that would legally regulate the…

Cannabis Drug Policy

Racial Profiling and “Brutal” Policing in Hamburg’s Drug Crackdown

Niobe Osius

Feb 17, 2017

Discriminatory and heavy-handed drug policing is prompting mounting criticism in the German city of Hamburg. Authorities in Hamburg have been…

Coca & Cocaine Drug Policy

New São Paulo Mayor Scaling Down Successful Harm Reduction Programme

Avinash Tharoor

Feb 14, 2017

A programme providing housing and employment to people with problematic crack cocaine use in São Paulo will be scaled down over the…

Drug Policy

Calls for Mandatory Premarital Drug Testing for Men in Saudi Arabia

Avinash Tharoor

Feb 13, 2017

Influential public figures in Saudi Arabia are calling for the mandatory drug testing of all men who seek to marry…

Drug Policy Drug Trafficking

Tanzania Authorities Split Over Crackdown on People Who Use Drugs

Niobe Osius

Feb 10, 2017

Tanzanian authorities claim to be intensifying their crack down on the illegal drug trade, but critics – including some in…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy

В Украине создают региональные команды для защиты прав наркопотребителей

Anastasia Bezverkha

Feb 9, 2017

Украинские правозащитники заявляют о системных нарушениях прав потребителей наркотиков со стороны правоохранительных органов. Для борьбы с такими нарушениями созданы специальные…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy

Cambodia Rebrands its Drug War While Perpetuating Punitive Policies

Talking Drugs

Feb 8, 2017

Cambodian officials have spoken out against the repressive Philippines drug war, and are advocating rehabilitation rather than criminalisation of people…

Cannabis Drug Policy

Kassandra Frederique, Drug Policy Alliance’s Black History Month Series Visionary, Talks Owning Our Narratives

Talking Drugs

Feb 7, 2017

Crack babies, welfare queens, superpredators, thugs. That’s what they call us; those are the lies they tell about us. The…

Cannabis Drug Policy

Discriminatory Drug Testing in South Korea

Talking Drugs

Feb 3, 2017

The continued implementation of a discriminatory South Korean drug policy is perpetuating long-standing misconceptions about Westerners’ involvement in illegal activity.…