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On this page you will find the latest relevant updates on a broad range of health and policy related topics, including HIV, hepatitis C, drug use, overdose prevention, harm reduction, drug treatment and criminal justice.
Why Does The United Nations Find It So Hard To Talk About Drugs?
22 Apr 2016
Written by Mike Trace, the former UK Deputy Drug Czar and Chair of the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC).
22 Apr 2016
Written by Mike Trace, the former UK Deputy Drug Czar and Chair of the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC).
Advocacy for access to controlled medicines – promoting balanced drug policy for palliative care
18 Apr 2016
The International Drug Conventions regulate controlled substances including medicines key to pain relief in palliative care, such as morphine, hydrocodone, fentanyl and oxycodone.
18 Apr 2016
The International Drug Conventions regulate controlled substances including medicines key to pain relief in palliative care, such as morphine, hydrocodone, fentanyl and oxycodone.
International Drug Policy Is Not An End, It Is The Means To Put People First
15 Apr 2016
Written by Yury Fedotov. Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
15 Apr 2016
Written by Yury Fedotov. Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
Harm Reduction Intervention at Civil Society Hearing for UN High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, 6th April 2016
11 Apr 2016
Benjamin Phillips of the Harm Reduction Coalition made the following intervention on behalf of a global working group of harm reduction organisations, including Harm Reduction International, at the Civil Society Hearing for the UN High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS in New York.
11 Apr 2016
Benjamin Phillips of the Harm Reduction Coalition made the following intervention on behalf of a global working group of harm reduction organisations, including Harm Reduction International, at the Civil Society Hearing for the UN High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS in New York.
Side event at 59th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Vienna, March 2016
3 Apr 2016
‘Striving for equity in the treatment of severe pain.’
3 Apr 2016
‘Striving for equity in the treatment of severe pain.’
Public health and international drug policy
31 Mar 2016
Standard public health and scientific approaches that should be part of policy making on drugs have been rejected in the pursuit of prohibition.
31 Mar 2016
Standard public health and scientific approaches that should be part of policy making on drugs have been rejected in the pursuit of prohibition.
Curbing pain prescriptions won't reduce overdoses. More drug treatment will
29 Mar 2016
Without better services for problematic drug users, the move to regulate opioids won’t stem the current epidemic of drug abuse.
29 Mar 2016
Without better services for problematic drug users, the move to regulate opioids won’t stem the current epidemic of drug abuse.
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs on the final road to UNGASS 2016: Progress made, but a long way still to go
29 Mar 2016
One year ago, the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) elaborated five main “asks” for the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs – developed through consultations with their membership and partners. The UNGASS in New York is now just a few weeks away – so how close have we come to realising these demands?
29 Mar 2016
One year ago, the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) elaborated five main “asks” for the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs – developed through consultations with their membership and partners. The UNGASS in New York is now just a few weeks away – so how close have we come to realising these demands?
South Africa Is Still Fighting an Apartheid-Like Drug War
28 Mar 2016
Just over two decades ago, South Africa underwent a massive political shift. The new constitution was created and praised as one of the most progressive in the world. One area in which South Africa continues to lag behind, however, is drug policy.
28 Mar 2016
Just over two decades ago, South Africa underwent a massive political shift. The new constitution was created and praised as one of the most progressive in the world. One area in which South Africa continues to lag behind, however, is drug policy.
People in pain – calling for improved global access to controlled medications
26 Mar 2016
Each year over 18 million people around the world die in pain without access to essential medicines.
26 Mar 2016
Each year over 18 million people around the world die in pain without access to essential medicines.
