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The Next US President Can Cut Incarceration Rates in Half
6 Jun 2019
On any given night in the United States, more than 2.2 million people go to sleep behind bars in prisons and jails. People cycle in and out of jail more than 10 million times a year.
6 Jun 2019
On any given night in the United States, more than 2.2 million people go to sleep behind bars in prisons and jails. People cycle in and out of jail more than 10 million times a year.
Irish and overseas addiction doctors rebut Cannabis Risk Alliance letter & call for drug decriminalisation
5 Jun 2019
They're urging Minister Catherine Byrne and the government to "adopt a health-led, rather than criminal justice, approach to this problem"
5 Jun 2019
They're urging Minister Catherine Byrne and the government to "adopt a health-led, rather than criminal justice, approach to this problem"
JUSTICE MINISTER RONALD LAMOLA TO GO AFTER DRUG DEALERS, USERS
4 Jun 2019
Lamola said one of his priorities will be to make sure drug dealers and abusers are prosecuted to clean the streets.
4 Jun 2019
Lamola said one of his priorities will be to make sure drug dealers and abusers are prosecuted to clean the streets.
A fundamental contradiction in EU drug policy
4 Jun 2019
Over the past three decades, European governments have been moving to protect people who use drugs from drug-related health harms.
4 Jun 2019
Over the past three decades, European governments have been moving to protect people who use drugs from drug-related health harms.
KEY UN BOARD ENDORSES REFORM
3 Jun 2019
The Chief Executives Board of the UN, representing 31 UN agencies, has adopted a common position on drug policy that endorses decriminalisation of possession and use. This comes just days before a key meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, which will review, the UN’s 10-year Global Drug Strategy, and plan for the next one.
3 Jun 2019
The Chief Executives Board of the UN, representing 31 UN agencies, has adopted a common position on drug policy that endorses decriminalisation of possession and use. This comes just days before a key meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, which will review, the UN’s 10-year Global Drug Strategy, and plan for the next one.
Druggie zombie junkies, and the language battle at the heart of our attitudes towards addiction
31 May 2019
Unless there is a change in how we speak about drug users, it is easy to justify an environment where treatment and support is shrinking – which it is at an alarming rate.
31 May 2019
Unless there is a change in how we speak about drug users, it is easy to justify an environment where treatment and support is shrinking – which it is at an alarming rate.
In Cities Where It Once Reigned, Heroin Is Disappearing
24 May 2019
The rise of the more potent fentanyl in its place has put a generation of older users, who had managed their addiction, at far greater risk of overdose.
24 May 2019
The rise of the more potent fentanyl in its place has put a generation of older users, who had managed their addiction, at far greater risk of overdose.
US fentanyl crisis could end opium era in Mexico: 'the only crop that paid’
13 May 2019
The market price for opium has plummeted many in the US have swapped heroin for fentanyl, and could force Mexico’s impoverished farmers to abandon the narcotics trade
13 May 2019
The market price for opium has plummeted many in the US have swapped heroin for fentanyl, and could force Mexico’s impoverished farmers to abandon the narcotics trade
Stark racial, financial divides found in opioid addiction treatment
13 May 2019
Escaping the grip of opioid addiction doesn't come easily for anyone. But a new study reveals sharp racial and financial divides in which Americans receive effective treatments for opioid addiction.
13 May 2019
Escaping the grip of opioid addiction doesn't come easily for anyone. But a new study reveals sharp racial and financial divides in which Americans receive effective treatments for opioid addiction.
Calls for Drug Law Reform in Sweden As Drug Deaths Continue Unabated
13 May 2019
The debate around Sweden’s zero-tolerance drug policy has been reignited in recent months, due to the approach’s failure to reduce drug deaths.
13 May 2019
The debate around Sweden’s zero-tolerance drug policy has been reignited in recent months, due to the approach’s failure to reduce drug deaths.
